RABAT, Morocco — A C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain Tuesday in bad weather, killing 78 people, the state news agency said. It said there were three survivors.
The crash in a southern region close to the disputed Western Sahara was this country's deadliest in years. The crash in a southern region close to the disputed Western Sahara was this country's deadliest in years.
The MAP news agency said all three survivors were seriously injured. It said the plane was carrying 60 members of the military, 12 civilians and nine crew members. - MAP said the plane crashed was due to bad weather conditions at around 9 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) 10 kilometers northeast of Guelmim in southern Morocco, as it prepared to land at the Guelmim military air base.
Information Minister Khaled Naciri told The Associated Press, the plane was en route from Dakhla, in the disputed Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco, and making a stop in Guelmim. Guelmim is more than 600 kilometers southwest of the capital Rabat, just north of the Western Sahara and a few dozen kilometers from the Atlantic Coast. Source: Agency
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RABAT, Morocco — A C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain Tuesday in bad weather, killing 78 people, the state news agency said. It said there were three survivors.
Information Minister Khaled Naciri told The Associated Press, the plane was en route from Dakhla, in the disputed Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco, and making a stop in Guelmim. 
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