Official: 1 survivor and 102 dead in Algerian crash

February 11, 2014 at 4:03p.m.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian military transport slammed into a mountain today in the country’s rugged eastern region. A civil defense official said 102 people on board were killed but one managed to survive. The U.S.-built C-130 Hercules transport crashed about noon near the town of Ain Kercha, 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Constantine, the main city in eastern Algeria.