Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika

of Algeria over the death of several people in the plane crash.

Shaikh Khalifa expressed heartfelt condolences to President Bouteflika, Algerian people and families of the victims.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, have also dispatched similar cables to the Algerian president.