Algiers - Biskra

On January 21, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Algiers - Biskra experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 70 Queen Air, operated by Air Algérie, with the event recorded near Arris Batna.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Operated by Air Algérie, the twin engine aircraft was chartered by an Oil Company to transfer four French and two Algerian engineers to Biskra. While cruising in limited visibility, the crew started the descent when the airplane struck a mountain slope located in the Aurès Mountain Range. The wreckage was found near Arris, some 80 km northeast of Biskra Airport. All eight occupants were killed, among them to French pilots.

Aircraft reference details include registration 7T-VSI, MSN LB-15, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.2585°, 6.3450°.