4 killed in plane crash in E. Algeria


ALGIERS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed on Tuesday when a civil protection aircraft crashed at Ferhat Abbas Airport in Jijel, 350 km east of Algiers, according to Algeria's Civil Protection authorities.

The aircraft, a Zlin-type plane, was on a training mission when it crashed, said the authorities in a statement.

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