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Air Algérie Flight 6289

6 March 2003

2003 plane crash of an Air Algerie Boeing 737-200 on takeoff at Tamanrasset, Algeria. It took place on 6 March 2003 in what is now Algeria. The setting was Aguenar–Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport. Its causes included engine failure on take-off. About 102 people died. Some 1 were injured.

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