| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Summary: | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site: | Tamanrasset, Algeria |
| Aircraft Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Air Algérie |
| Tail Number: | 7T-VAU |
| Origin: | Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport, Algiers, Algeria |
| Stopover0: | Ghardaïa Airport, Ghardaïa, Algeria |
| Stopover1: | Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport, Hassi Messaoud, Algeria |
| Stopover2: | In Amenas Airport, In Amenas, Algeria |
| Last Stopover: | Djanet Inedbirene Airport, Djanet, Algeria |
| Destination: | Tamanrasset Airport, Tamanrasset, Algeria |
| Occupants: | 39 |
| Passengers: | 33 |
| Crew: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | 35 |
| Survivors: | 4 |
| Injuries: | 4 |
On 11 April 1967, a DC-4 was flying a domestic flight from Algiers to Tamanrasset with several intermediate stops when on approach, it descended too low and struck a mountain.
7T-VAU was a Douglas DC-4 that first flew in 1943. It was powered by 4 piston engines.
On the night approach to Tamanrasset the plane descended too low and struck a mountainside, 300 meters below the summit. The impact forces and the ensuing fire killed 35 of the 39 people on board and severely injured the 4 survivors.[1] [2]