Air Algérie Flight 6289, operated by a Boeing 737-200, was an Air Algérie scheduled passenger service between Tamanrasset and Algiers via Ghardaia on 6 March 2003. At 3:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT), the flight attempted departure from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset. The aircraft veered off the runway during takeoff and crashed some 600 feet (180 m) from the centerline. Witnesses reported seeing one of the 737's engines in flames as it took off. All but one of the 97 passengers and all of the six crew members perished, a total of 102 people.