National mourning declared in Morocco
King Mohammed the VI of Morocco has declared three days of national mourning in connection with the air crash which claimed the lives of all 78 people on board.
To commemorate the victims of the air crash, all flags in the country will be lowered to half mast. Prayers of remembrance will be held on Friday in all mosques.
The Moroccan military aircraft crashed into a mountain in the south of the country. The C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Guelmim, just north of the disputed Western Sahara territory.
The plane was carrying 81 people: nine crew members, 60 troops and 12 civilians.
Three people were severely wounded in the crash, in what is thought to be one of Morocco's deadliest air disasters in years.
The plane crashed as it was attempting to make a scheduled stop at a military airbase some 10km (six miles) east of Guelmim.
Officials have blamed the accident on poor weather, especially on fog.
The plane was travelling from Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco.
