This is the mountainside in eastern Algeria where a military transport plane crashed on Tuesday, killing 77 people on board.<br/> <br />The passengers were members of the armed forces and their relatives.<br/> <br />On Wednesday, investigators and emergency crews scoured the wreckage.<br/> <br />Their work made even more gloomy by the thick fog.<br/> <br />The Defense Ministry says the crash was likely due to bad weather.<br/> <br />It's the worst air disaster in the North African country in a decade.<br/> <br />Officials say 99 passengers and four crew were on board the C-130 Hercules transport plane, bound for Constantine.<br/> <br />One official told Reuters the plane crashed into the mountain and then exploded.<br/> <br />Several bodies were burnt to ashes and could not be identified.<br/> <br />President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has declared three days of mourning.<br/> <br />He's set up a commission to investigate the cause of the crash.
