What the records say
- When
- 13 Aug 2006
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 45.04° N, 9.66° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 3
Air Algérie Flight 2208
2006 aviation accident
Air Algérie Flight 2208 was a cargo flight between Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria, and Frankfurt Airport, Germany. On 13 August 2006, the Lockheed L-100 operating the flight crashed in Northern Italy as a result of an autopilot malfunction. The aircraft struck the ground in a sparsely populated area after a very steep and rapid descent, narrowly avoiding crashing into a highly populated area.
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