Adrar - Béchar

On January 24, 1979 at 07:40 PM, Adrar - Béchar experienced a crash involving Nord 262, operated by Air Algérie, with the event recorded near Béchar Béchar.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a desert crash site.

23 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 20, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Béchar Airport by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the ground and crashed in a desert area located about 15 km from the runway threshold. 14 passengers were killed while nine other occupants, among them all three crew members, were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 7T-VSU, MSN 19, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.6169°, -2.2133°.