On board there were five crew members. All of them died.

According to the information agency Maghreb Arabe Presse, the incident occurred near the capital of the country in the province of Tipaz. According to preliminary data, the helicopter touched the support of power lines.

Comments of the Algerian authorities on the emergency situation have not yet been received.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the Coast Guard of the United States discovered the wreckage near the coast of the Bahamas. They most likely belong to a plane that disappeared earlier.

According to preliminary data on board the aircraft were four Americans. This is a woman of 40 years, a man of 52 years and two of their children three and four years old.