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The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene (French: Université des sciences et de la technologie Houari-Boumediene, USTHB, Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا هواري بومدين) is a university located in the town of Bab-Ezzouar 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Algiers, Algeria. [1]
Houari Boumediene International Airport (Arabic: مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy) [1] [2] [3] (IATA: ALG, ICAO: DAAG), also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is the main international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria.
Houari Boumédiène [a] (Arabic: هواري بومدين, romanized: Hawwārī Būmadyan; born Mohammed ben Brahim Boukherouba; [b] 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian military officer and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978.
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers.The militants murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.
Algiers: Algiers: DAAG ALG Houari Boumediene Airport AIP Chart: 62% Annaba: Annaba: DABB AAE ...
Ahmed Ben Bella, first president of the Algerian Republic. Houari Boumédiène, at the time Algerian Minister of Defence. Following the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962), with the help of then Chief of Staff Houari Boumédiène and the National Liberation Army (ALN), Ahmed Ben Bella was elected as Prime Minister in September 1962, ousting former Prime Minister Benyoucef Benkhedda.
The Houari Boumediene Airport railway station (French: Gare de l'Aéroport Houari Boumédiène, Arabic: محطة قطار مطار هواري بومدين) is an Algerian railway station located in the district of Dar El Beïda, in the province of Algiers. It serves the Algiers Airport.
On 26 August 1992 in Algiers, Algeria, two bombs exploded and another was defused. [1] The first exploded at Houari Boumedienne Airport, killing 9 people and injuring another 123. [1] The bomb destroyed the Air France counter, wounding two of the carrier's employees. The airport was closed temporarily. [2]