Twenty-six people, including four Angolan army generals died on Wednesday following a plane crash at the airport of the central Huambo province, witnesses near the airport told Xinhua by telephone.

Six people survived in the crash which took place soon after the military transport plane took off from the airport, and the military confirmed that four lieutenant generals were among the people killed in the crash, the worst air disaster in the African country in recent memory.

A military source who demanded anonymity said neither the victims nor the reasons of the accident have been identified as yet.

The source said the members of the crew also died in the crash.