Rescue workers found 71 bodies at the scene of one of Algeria's worst air disasters Tuesday, after a military transport plane carrying troops and family members crashed in the north-east of the country, Algerian state radio said contradicting its previous report of more than 100 killed in the incident. Only one survivor had been found so far, an officer from the military's civil protection unit told the radio. The search for other survivors at the remote crash site in the mountainous Oum El Bouaghi region was continuing. The Hercules C-130 troop transporter was reported to be carrying 99 passengers and four crew when it crashed just as it was about to start its descent to Constantine airport, 50 kilometers away. Bad weather was believed to have caused the accident. The aircraft was travelling from the southern desert town ofTamanrasset, according to El Watan newspaper.
