In his message, Uzbek President Islam Karimov said “with feeling of deep sorrow, we received information about airplane crash near Goulmim city, which resulted in death of many people.”

“In these sorrow minutes, expressing condolences to Your Highness, I ask you to delivery my words of sympathy to families of victims,” the letter added.

A Hercules C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain Tuesday in bad weather, killing 78 people (60 servicemen, 12 civilians, and 9 crew members).