• On February 22, 1985, an
Antonov An-24V (TZ-ACT) of
Air Mali crashed around 3 km from here during initial climb on a flight to
Mopti, killing all but 1 of the 52 occupants. The flight route was from
Gao to
Bamako, with Timbuktu and Mopti as stopovers. The crash was Mali's deadliest until
Air Algerie Flight 5017 in 2014. • On June 2, 2025, the airport was shelled during a coordinated attack on Timbuktu that left 60 soldiers dead and also targeted an army garrison. ==References==