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Boeing 737 Puts the Gas Back in Extremis After Almost Landing at the Wrong Airport

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A Boeing of Air Algeria was wrong about the airport. Located ten kilometres from their real point of arrival, the pilots realized their blunder at the last moment and were able to go over the gas so as not to land in the wrong place. Reciting an unusual mishap.

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A Boeing of Air Algeria was wrong about the airport. Located ten kilometres from their real point of arrival, the pilots realized their blunder at the last moment and were able to go over the gas so as not to land in the wrong place. Reciting an unusual mishap.

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During their approach to Toulouse, the pilots of an Air Algeria flight were wrong from the airport. It was only at the very last minute that they realized their mistake and gave up the gas.

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, an amazing incident involved pilots from an Air Algeria flight who began landing to what they believed Toulouse-Blagnac airport-in reality Toulouse-Francazal- before an alert from air traffic controllers forced them to interrupt in extremis. A Boeing 737 d'Air Algeria, registered 7T-VKC, from Oran, was misled from airport in landing phase, as reported first by the site Actu Toulouse. Instead of landing at Toulouse-Bl…

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A commercial flight by Air Algérie neared the unthinkable Tuesday, August 12, 2025 in France. The pilot of a Boeing 737 committed a navigational error which could have had dramatic consequences, before a last-minute correction avoiding the worst. The incident, which occurred in the Toulouse region, recalls the risks related to airport confusion. Flight AH1076 from Oran (Algeria) was to land on Toulouse-Blagnac airport (code LFBO), a hub of regio…

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observalgerie.com broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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