Algerian military plane crash kills 257 near a base

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian emergency services say 257 dead in military plane crash near capital.The Algerie Presse service agency said the Iliouchine-type plane was headed for Bechar in south-western Algeria.Emergency services have been dispatched to the site of the crash. No death toll was immediately available.Boufarik is located in northern Algeria, near the Mediterranean sea, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the capital, Algiers.