The military transport plane had departed from Tamanrasset province, Algeria and was to land at Constantine in the north-eastern Algeria. The Algerian officials have not given an official death toll. But it has been reported that the C-130 was carrying 99 passengers and a flight crew of four. Algerian media initially put the death toll at 103. 

The C-130 was carrying members of the Algerian armed forces and their relatives. The survivor of the crash suffered head injuries and was initially treated at a military facility before being flown to a military hospital in Algiers. 

The aircraft was on approach for lading when it crashed 30 miles southeast of Constantine. Air Traffic Control reported they lost radio contact with the C-130 just before the crash.