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1 Incidents

On August 28, 1992, a bomb went off at the airport, in which 9 people died and 128 were injured. Shortly after, several people were arrested in connection with the bombing, including Hossein Abderrahim , a member of the Islamic party, the FIS. He was executed in 1993. In 2002, Abdelghani Ait Haddad , sentenced to death in absentia attempted to take refuge in Britain after living 9 years in France. There was some controversy surrounding his extradition, as the courts of the United Kingdom has just ruled that people facing the death penalty could not be extradited without assurances that they will not face the death penalty.

On December 24, 1994 an Air France Airbus A300, flight 8969, bound for Paris was seized by four Islamic terrorists during take-off preparations; 3 passengers were killed before the plane departed from Houari Boumedienne Airport; in MarseilleMarseilles redirects here. There is also Marseilles, Illinois. Marseille (English Marseilles Provencal Marsilha is the second largest city in France. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean sea, it is France's largest commercia a special operations team of the French military stormed the aircraft and killed all 4 hijackers and injured 25 passengers.

2 Airlines

• Air AlgerieAir Algerie is the state airline of Algeria. IATA Code Air Algerie uses the IATA designator code AH . ICAO Code Air Algerie uses the ICAO designator code DAH . External links Airlines.
• Air France
• AlitaliaAlitalia Linee Aeree Italiane is the national Italian airline company, part of the Alitalia Group. History Alitalia was founded in 1947, in which year it carried over 10,000 passengers. The inaugural flight, made by the very first plane in the fleet, was
• EgyptairEgyptAir is the national airline of Egypt and is owned by the Egyptian government. The airline uses the IATA designator MS. Boeing 777 Founded in 1932, it operates a fleet of 32 passenger and 2 cargo planes (as of 2003) of Airbus and Boeing makes, over Af
• Libyan Arab
• Royal Air MarocHeadquartered in Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc is the national airline of Morocco. Founded in 1946, the company now employs 6200 persons, serving over 60 destinations. IATA Code Royal Air Maroc uses the IATA designator code AT . External links Airlines.
• Saudi Arabian
• Syrian Arab
• Tunisair

3 Runways

Houari Boumedienne Airport has 2 runways, Heading 05/23 which is 11,482 feet long and Heading 09/27 which is 11,482 feet long.

4 External links

• UK Home Secretary about Abdelghani Ait Haddad