Mayday · S26E07

Divided in Crisis (Air Algérie 6289)

2026-03-16 · ★ 4.0 (1) · TMDB

On 6 March 2003, the left engine of Air Algérie Flight 6289 fails during takeoff from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria. The aircraft enters a stall and crashes into a desert near the Trans-Sahara Highway, killing all but 1 of the 103 occupants on board.