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Date: | Sunday 20 April 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-1-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-BELK |
MSN: | 7451 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near In Salah Airport (INZ) -
Algeria
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG) |
Destination airport: | In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI) |
Narrative:The Air France DC-4 operated on a flight from Algiers (ALG) to Tamanrasset Airport (TMR) via In Salah (INZ). The crew attempted to land at In Salah in the middle of a sand storm. The main undercarriage struck a rocky dune, tearing off the landing gear and both inner (no.2 and no.3 engines). The airplane landed on its belly.
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photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
photo (c) Odile Péraud; In Salah Airport (INZ/DAUI); 21 April 1958
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