Air Algerie flight AH-1113 made an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on December 8th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Paris Orly Airport, France, to Bejaia, Algeria, was diverted due to an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-4062 had to reject takeoff from Algiers, Algeria, on September 16th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane slowed down safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Lufthansa flight LH-569 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Tamanrasset, Algeria, on May 21st.
The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted after an electrical odor was noticed on-board.
The plane landed safely. All two hundred and four passengers remained unharmed.
An Algerian military plane crashed near Boufarik Airport, Algeria, on April 11th.
The plane was carrying soldiers and their families when it went down shortly after taking off from Boufarik Airport.
At least two hundred and fifty-seven people were killed in the crash, including two hundred and forty-seven passengers and ten crew members.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
Air Algerie flight AH-4016 had to return and make an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on February 4th.
The Boeing 737-600 plane took off for Beirut, Lebanon, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an issue with the air conditioning system.
The plane landed safely. All forty-seven passengers remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-1002 had to return and make an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on January 23rd.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air Algerie flight AH-1460 was intercepted by two French fighter jets on the way to Lyon, France, on January 9th.
The Mirage 2000 fighter jets were dispatched after the Boeing 737-800 plane, flying from Constantine, Algeria, lost communication with the ATC.
The plane continued for a safe landing under escort. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Tassili Airlines flight SF-2210 made an emergency landing in Oran, Algeria, on October 14th.
The plane heading from Algiers to Tlemcen, Algeria, was diverted after it lost communication with the ATC.
However, while trying to send a transponder signal for loss of communication, the crew mistakenly set the code that indicates unlawful interference.
The plane landed safely and was surrounded by security forces.
Air Algerie flight AH-6212 made a safe landing at Ain Arnat Airport, Algeria, on July 26th.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A flying from Algiers, Algeria, was about to depart when the captain invited an orphan child to assist in flying.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Air France flight AF-1755 made an emergency landing in Toulouse, France, on April 18th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane heading from Algiers, Algeria, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted after the crew noticed a hydraulic problem.
The plane landed safely. All 140 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-1005 had to return and make an emergency landing at Paris Orly Airport, France, on October 2nd.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Algiers, Algeria, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an engine fire indication.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-1020 had to return and make a precautionary landing at Algiers International Airport, Algiers, Algeria, on August 6th.
The Boeing 737-600 en-route to Marseille, France, had to return shortly after the crew detected a contaminated fuel filter, reporting they had to shut down its engine.
The plane landed safely.
All 97 people onboard remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-6184 veered off the runway upon landing at Oran Es Senia Airport, Oran, Algeria, on April 1st.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212-A, en-route from Algiers, landed at Oran’s runway but veered off during roll out and broke a number of runway lights.
The plane suffered substantial damage.
All passengers onboard remained unharmed.
Small Planet Airlines Airbus A320-200 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Lyon, France, on February 13.
The plane, performing flight TLB-718 on behalf of Atlantique Air Assistance, was heading from Chalons Vatry airport, France, to Tlemcen, Algeria, when the crew reported a cracked windshield and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
A Russian-built Antonov An-12 Ukrainian cargo plane crashed near Algeria’s Tamanrasset airport, at 2:40 a.m. local time, just 3 minutes after takeoff on the morning of August 30.
The plane, carrying 7 people, was transporting oil equipment from Glasgow, Scotland, to Equatorial Guinea and had a layover at Tamanrasset.
Algerian transportation ministry confirmed that no one aboard the plane survived the crashed. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.
Rescuers responded at the crash site in the mountainous southeastern Algeria, about 15 kilometers south of the airport, immediately after the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Seventy-seven people were aboard a twenty-four year old missing C-130 Hercules (#7T-WHM) that was flying from Tamanrasset to Constantine when it crashed into Mount Fortas in Algeria. The wreckage was discovered on Feb 11, 2013. The Algerian TV and Radio initially reported 102 fatalities, but updates say there were 78 aboard.
The Military Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules was flown by Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza’eriya.
There were four members of the crew and seventy-four passengers which included men, women and children. The assumption is that these were soldiers and military families.
One soldier aboard the military transport survived; he is hospitalized in a military hospital in Algiers.
The plane broke into three parts on impact. Fifty-five bodies were recovered on the rugged terrain in showy conditions.
Lockheed Martin who built the plane will be assisting the investigation. The plane may have been on approach to Constantine Airport.