On 6 January 1993 , Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634 departed Departing Bremen Airport for Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport at 17:30 .

In France , Paris 's Charles de Gaulle Airport was closed Process_end .

The Algiers putsch Change_of_leadership ( or ) , also known as the Generals ' putsch Change_of_leadership ( `` Putsch des généraux '' ) , was a failed coup Change_of_leadership d'état intended to force Request French President Charles de Gaulle not to abandon GiveUp French Algeria , along with the resident European community and pro-French Muslims .

Gen. Raoul Salan stated Statement that he joined Becoming_a_member the coup Change_of_leadership without concerning himself with its technical planning Arranging ; however , it has always been considered Coming_to_believe a four-man coup Change_of_leadership d'état , or as de Gaulle famously put Placing it , `` un quarteron de généraux en retraite '' ( a handful of retired generals / generals in retirement ) .

The following day , President Charles de Gaulle made Action a famous speech on television , dressed Wearing with his 1940s general 's uniform ( he was 70 years old and long retired from the army ) ordering the French people and army to help Assistance him .

The protests Attack reached Arriving such a point that political leaders feared Change_sentiment civil war Hostile_encounter or revolution Change_of_leadership ; the national government itself briefly ceased Process_end to function after President Charles de Gaulle secretly fled Escaping France for a few hours .

General Charles de Gaulle of the French Army arrived Arriving to assume control Control of the city as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic .

From about half of the German bridgehead south of Abbeville was recaptured Conquering by Franco-British troops ; the Allies were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by infantry divisions and the `` 4e '' Division `` cuirassée '' ( 4e DCr , Colonel Charles De Gaulle ) but lost Earnings_and_losses many of their tanks and the Germans much of their infantry , some units running Self_motion back over the river Somme .

It took off Departing from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris at 22:25 on 26 November 1983 for Madrid Barajas Airport ; take-off Departing was delayed Change_event_time to wait for additional passengers from a Lufthansa flight due to a cancellation Change_event_time of the segment Paris-Frankfurt by Avianca for operational Being_in_operation reasons .