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This plane crash takes us to the west African Nation of Algeria, which is located next to the following countries: Mali, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara.
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Pictured above is the aircraft involved in this accident.
Air Algérie Flight 6289 (AH6289) was an Algerian domestic passenger flight from Tamanrasset to the nation's capital of Algiers with a stopover in Ghardaïa, operated by Algerian national airline Air Algérie. On the 6th of March 2003, the aircraft operating the flight, a Boeing 737-2T4, crashed near the Trans-Sahara Highway shortly after taking off from Tamanrasset's Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (IATA: TMR, ICAO: DAAT), killing all but one of the 103 people on board. At the time of the accident, it was the deadliest aviation disaster on Algerian soil.
The investigation concluded that a flight crew error caused the crash following an engine failure shortly after take-off. The captain of Flight 6289 had taken over the control from the first officer without adequate identification of the actual emergency. As the flight crew could not comprehend the exact cause of the emergency, appropriate corrective actions were not taken. The speed drastically dropped and the aircraft crashed into the terrain.
The aircraft was a 19-year old Boeing 737-2T4 with a manufacturer serial number of 22700. Named as Monts de Daïa (Mountains of Daïa) with an Algerian registration of 7T-VEZ (7 Tango- Victor Echo Zulu), the aircraft was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines. The aircraft entered service on the 9th of December 1983 and had flown for more than 40,000 hours.
According to the maintenance logs, the aircraft was maintained in accordance with the written maintenance manual. The last major overhaul had been conducted from October to November 2002. The left engine was installed in 2002 and the right engine was installed in 2001. The left engine and the right engine had accrued a total of 30,586 flight hours and 22,884 flight hours, respectively.
The aircraft was carrying 97 passengers. All 97 on board were dual French-Algerians nationals. Authorities stated that among the 97 passengers, a total of 39 passengers would have disembarked in Algiers and another 58 were heading to Ghardaia. Among the passengers were 14 members of the Mouloudia d'Adriane football team, who were heading to Ghardaia for the regional qualification of the Algerian League One.
There were 6 crew members on board, consisting of 2 flight crew and 4 cabin crew. The captain, 48-year-old Boualem Benaouicha (بوعلام بن عويشة), had accumulated a total of 10,760 hours of flight experience, including 1,087 hours on the Boeing 737-200 as captain. He had obtained his license to fly a Boeing 737 in 2001. The first officer, identified as 44-year-old Fatima Yousfi (فاطمة يوسفي), had accumulated a total of 5,219 flight hours, including 1,292 hours on the Boeing 737-200. According to Algerian French-language newspaper Liberté, she was a sister of Algerian government official Youcef Yousfi.
