Air France Flight 406

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Air France Flight 406

Quality:

Air France Flight 406 - 1961 plane crash of an Air France Lockheed L-1649A Starliner in the Sahara in French Algeria. Article “Air France Flight 406” in English Wikipedia has 21.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Italian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Air France Flight 406”, its content was written by 35 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 57 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 172 times in English Wikipedia and cited 223 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #121935 in November 2022
  • Global: #233778 in October 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #536534 in May 2023
  • Global: #754815 in May 2024

There are 4 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
21.8387
2English (en)
Air France Flight 406
21.1555
3French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
17.4272
4German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
7.3956
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Air France Flight 406" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Air France Flight 406
93 416
2French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
8 354
3Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
4 424
4German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
1 328
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Air France Flight 406" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Air France Flight 406
808
2Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
152
3French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
145
4German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
52
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Air France Flight 406" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Air France Flight 406
35
2French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
11
3Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
6
4German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Air France Flight 406" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
0
2English (en)
Air France Flight 406
0
3French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
0
4Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Air France Flight 406" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Air France Flight 406
172
2French (fr)
Vol Air France 406
24
3Italian (it)
Volo Air France 406
24
4German (de)
Air-France-Flug 406
3
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Air-France-Flug 406
enEnglish
Air France Flight 406
frFrench
Vol Air France 406
itItalian
Volo Air France 406

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#536534
05.2023
Global:
#754815
05.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#121935
11.2022
Global:
#233778
10.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Air France Flight 406 from Wikipedia articles about Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, Крупнейшие авиационные катастрофы по странам, Timeline of airliner bombing attacks, List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft and Air France accidents and incidents. Whereas reading the article about Air France Flight 406 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on UTA 772 bombing, Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, Air France Flight 2005, Empennage and Marseille Provence Airport.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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