Last updated: 29 November 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 31 May 1958 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BHKV |
| MSN: | 20001 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | S of Molière ( Algeria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria |
| Colomb-Béchar Airport (CBH/DAOC), Algeria |
Crashed. The airplane operated on a military charter flight from Algiers to Colomb-Béchar.
The exact death toll is uncertain. Conflicting sources reported all 14 or 15 on board died.
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Distance from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Colomb-Béchar Airport as the crow flies is 749 km (468 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Colomb-Béchar Airport as the crow flies is 749 km (468 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-3
- ca 13.000 built
- 3400th loss
- 1290th fatal accident
- 248th worst accident (at the time)
- 361st worst accident (currently)
Algeria- 5th worst accident (at the time)
- 11th worst accident (currently)