A Ukrainian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff in mountainous southeastern Algeria on Saturday morning , killing seven people who were aboard , Algerian state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service reported . The Ukraine Air Alliance plane crashed about three minutes after it took off from Algeria 's Tamanrasset airport , APS reported . Rescuers reached the crash site about 15 kilometers south of the airport but found no survivors , the news service reported , citing the country 's transportation ministry . The Tamanrasset prosecutor visited the scene of the crash and has ordered police to conduct an investigation , according to APS . The Russian-built Antonov An-12 plane was carrying oil equipment , headed from Glasgow , Scotland , to Equatorial Guinea ; Tamanrasset was one of its stopovers , APS reported . No cause of the crash has been announced .
Plane crashed three minutes after takeoff , state-run Algerie Presse Service reports . The plane was carrying about 100 people and the pilot died in a crash on landing at Ouagadougou airport. Aircraft was headed from Scotland to Equatorial Guinea ; had stopover in Algeria .