--- description: The C-130 flight was reportedly carrying soldiers and their families when it went down in a mountainous area in bad weather, and all were feared dead for hours until Algerian authorities found a sole survivor among the wreckage title: Algeria Military Plane Crash Kills 102, Leaves 1 Survivor image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc8d0532dda4c23/6986822c1eebf779a136f778/algeria-plane-crash-constantine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Algeria](/tag/algeria/) ## Algeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Algerian Military Plane Crash Kills 102, Leaves 1 Survivor  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2014 3:21 PM CUT  A man watches rescue workers working at the wreckage of Algerian military transport aircraft after it slammed into a mountain in the country’s rugged eastern region, Feb. 11, 2014\. A civil defense official said 102 people on board were killed but one person 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. A man watches rescue workers working at the wreckage of Algerian military transport aircraft after it slammed into a mountain in the country’s rugged eastern region, Feb. 11, 2014\. A civil defense official said 102 people on board were killed but one person 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.Mohamed Ali—AP  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2014 3:21 PM CUT _Updated: 11:30 a.m._ A military plane carrying members of the [Algerian](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26138101 "undefined") armed forces and their relatives crashed in the mountainous northeast of the country Tuesday, killing all but one of the 103 people aboard the flight, according to local reports. Rescue crews searching through the wreckage found a sole survivor hours after the crash, according to an Algerian civil defense commander. The plane, believed to be a Hercules C-130, crashed in the mountainous Oum El Bouaghi province roughly 240 miles east of Algiers. A source told Ennahar radio there were no survivors, according to the BBC. The flight had been en route from Ouargla in southern Algeria to Constantine in the northeast, with 99 passengers and four crew members. The army has not yet officially confirmed the crash. \[[BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26138101 "undefined")\] _This post has been updated to reflect the discovery of one survivor._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6207/algerian-military-plane-crash-kills-103/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6207/algerian-military-plane-crash-kills-103/"},"headline":"Algerian Military Plane Crash Kills 102, Leaves 1 Survivor","datePublished":"2014-02-11T15:21:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:21:53.473Z","description":"The C-130 flight was reportedly carrying soldiers and their families when it went down in a mountainous area in bad weather, and all were feared dead for hours until Algerian authorities found a sole survivor among the wreckage","url":"https://time.com/6207/algerian-military-plane-crash-kills-103/","keywords":["Algeria","flight","plane crash"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc8d0532dda4c23/6986822c1eebf779a136f778/algeria-plane-crash-constantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc8d0532dda4c23/6986822c1eebf779a136f778/algeria-plane-crash-constantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Algeria Plane Crash","caption":"Algeria Plane Crash","creditText":"Mohamed Ali—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/algeria/","name":"Algeria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6207/algerian-military-plane-crash-kills-103/","name":"Algerian Military Plane Crash Kills 102, Leaves 1 Survivor"}}]}] ```