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The bodies of three victims of the An-12 Ukrainian cargo plane crash on south of Algeria have been found, Reuters reported. 

“According to the authorities, three burned bodies were found at the crash site,” a blog of Thomson Reuters Foundation reported referring to Transport Ministry of Algeria.

Previously, Algerian media said that the Antonov-12 cargo plane en route to Equatorial Guinea crashed at 0240 local time in a mountainous area about fifteen miles south of Tamanrasset airport after a technical stop.

Search operations have been launched to try to find the wreckage and any survivors.