Air Crash Investigations - In-Flight Engine Failure - The Crash of Air Algerie Flight 6289

On Thursday 6 March 2003, Air Algérie Flight DAH 6289, a Boeing 737-200, suffered during take-off from Tamanrasset, in Southern Algeria, a contained burst in the left engine. The airplane swung to the left, lost speed progressively, stalled and crashed, with the landing gear still extended, about one thousand six hundred and forty-five meters from the takeoff point, to the left of the runway extended centerline. The crew and 96 passengers were killed in the accident, one passenger survived. The airplane was on a domestic flight from Tamanrasset to Ghardaïa and Algiers.