Report: 78 dead in Morocco military plane crash
Morocco’s state news agency says 78 people were killed when a C-130 military transport plane crashed into a mountain amid rough weather.
The MAP news agency says three people survived. It said the plane was carrying 60 members of the military, 12 civilians and nine crew members.
Citing a Royal Armed Forces statement, MAP says the plane crashed 10 kilometers northeast of Guelmim in southern Morocco.
It is Morocco’s deadliest plane crash in years.
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