Engine trouble likely cause of air crash that killed 102

THE crash of an Air Algerie passenger jet that killed 102 people in the Sahara Desert was probably caused

The Boeing 737 crashed at the end of the runway in Tamanrasset, 990 miles south of the capital, Algiers, sliding into the airport’s perimeter fence and bursting into flames.

Experts from Chicago-based Boeing Co. were on their way to Algeria to help in the investigation, the government-run APS news agency said.