Algerian state radio says a military transport plane has crashed in the east of the country killing all 99 aboard.


The plane was flying Tuesday from the southern city of Ouargla to the town of Oum El Bouaghi, 350 kilometres east of Algiers. Witnesses in the area say it clipped a mountain and then crashed.


Another report from the region put the death toll at 103, adding that the plane was carrying relatives of military personnel.


Authorities have yet to release a statement on the crash, and no official death toll was immediately available.