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Mayday
Season 26 · Episode 7
Divided in Crisis (Air Algérie 6289)
9.045mMarch 16, 2026
On 6 March 2003, the left engine of Air Algérie Flight 6289 fails during takeoff from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria. The aircraft enters a stall and crashes into a desert near the Trans-Sahara Highway, killing all but 1 of the 103 occupants on board.
Episodes
- Episode 1Deadly Charter (2001 Aspen Gulfstream III crash)
- Episode 2Norwegian Nightmare (Widerøe Flight 839)
- Episode 3A Perfect Storm (Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108)
- Episode 4Crash Landing (Eagle Airways Flight 2300)
- Episode 5Peril over Pakistan (Airblue Flight 202)
- Episode 6Deadly Cover Up (Aeroperú Flight 603)
- Episode 7Divided in Crisis (Air Algérie 6289)
- Episode 8Moments from Touchdown (Yeti Airlines Flight 691)
- Episode 9Monsoon Approach (Air India Express Flight 1344)
- Episode 10Mixed Measures (Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316)