Air Algérie Flight 6289

Air Algérie Flight 6289

Infobox Airliner accident|name=Air Algérie Flight 6289
Date=6 March 2003
Type=In-flight engine failure
Site=Tamanrasset, Algeria
Fatalities=102
Injuries=0
Aircraft Type=Boeing 737-200
Origin=Tamanrasset Airport
Destination=Noumerate Airport
Operator=Air Algérie
Tail Number=7T-VEZ
Passengers=97
Crew=6
Survivors = 1

Air Algérie Flight 6289, a Boeing 737-200, was a scheduled passenger service of Air Algérie between Tamanrasset, Algeria and Algiers, via Ghardaia. On 6 March, 2003 at 3:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT), the flight attempted departure from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset. The aircraft veered off the runway during takeoff and crashed some 600 feet (180 m) from the centerline. Witnesses reported seeing one of the 737's engines in flames as it took off. 96 of the 97 passengers and all of the 6 crew members perished. A total of 102 people died in the accident.

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During takeoff from runway 02 at Tamanrasset Aguenar airport, a sharp thump was heard just after rotation. The left engine had just suffered a contained burst. The airplane swung to the left. The Captain took over the controls. The airplane lost airspeed, stalled and crashed, with the landing gear still extended, about 1,645 meters from the takeoffpoint, to the left of the runway extended centerline.

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* List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners

External links

* [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/03/06/algeria.planecrash/ CNN.com Algeria plane crash kills 102]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030306-0 Aviation Safety Network]
* [http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2003/7t-z030306a/pdf/7t-z030306a.pdf Official Accident Report from the Algerian Ministry of Transport(english)]


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