Algerian Air Force C-130

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On 11 February 2014, an Algerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules aircraft crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria; with 74 passengers and 4 crew on board. Seventy-seven bodies were discovered at the site, along with one survivor.

Preliminary reports suggest that bad weather conditions might have caused the crash. Eyewitness accounts describe the aircraft clipping a mountain before crashing.[6] This was the first reported air disaster in Algeria since the 2003 crash of Air Algérie Flight 6289. The accident is undergoing investigation.

Crash

An Algerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Oum El Bouaghi Province, killing 77 people and leaving one survivor. The passengers included soldiers and members of their families. Contact with the aircraft was reportedly lost between Constantine and Oum El Bouaghi just before noon and air traffic controllers dispatched helicopters to search for it. The sole survivor, a soldier, was taken to a military hospital in Constantine due to injuries from head trauma. The initial casualty count indicated 103 deaths, but was later revised by the government manifest list.

Investigation

Recovery teams located one of the two flight recorders, according to El Watan. Emergency services had recovered 76 bodies from the site.

Incident summary
Date	11 February 2014
Summary	Under investigation
Site	Near Aïn Kercha, Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria
Passengers	74
Crew	4
Fatalities	77
Survivors	1
Aircraft type	Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Operator	Algerian Air Force
Registration	7T-WHM
Flight origin	Tamanrasset, Algeria
Destination	Constantine, Algeria

Air Crash Investigation