Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead: TV

[Giuseppe]

Passenger plane crashes in Libya, 105 dead: TV

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A passenger plane crashed in Libya on Wednesday, killing 105 people, Al Arabiya television said, citing official sources.
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[Giuseppe]

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Plane en route to Heathrow crashes in Libya

[Source: The Independent, View Original Article.]

A passenger plane crashed in Libya today, killing 105 people, Al Arabiya television said, citing official sources.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Tripoli crash - 8-year-old survives

May 12, 2010 10:13 AM

An eight-year-old Dutch boy is believed to be the only survivor of the crashed Afriqiyah Airways plane in Libya

Airport officials said the plane left OR Tambo International Airport at 21:37 last night and was expected to land at 6:20am. The airline said they were waiting for authorisation and explanation from their head office.

"All we can say right now is that the plane crash landed on its final attempt to land," said an employee who would not be named.

Nomfonelo Kota from the Department of International Affaris told The Times they are still unsure how many passengers on the plane are South African.

A large number of British passengers were on board.

"A plane went missing en route to Tripoli. We are in discussion with the Civil Aviation Authority from both countries," was all Kota would said.

There were 100-120 passengers on the flight. More details will follow shortly.

For families with relatives on the flight call the helpline: 012 351 1000.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article446008.ece/Tripoli-crash---8-year-old-survives

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Edit: latest news is 61 Dutch passengers died.

Libya air crash: 100 dead - dozens Dutch nationals

More than 100 people have died in a plane crash at Tripoli airport in Libya, including dozens of Dutch nationals. One 10-year Dutch boy was apparently the sole survivor. He has been hospitalised and is doing reasonably well.

The Dutch embassy in Tripoli has sent a representative to the airport to gather more information and assess the situation. The Dutch Foreign Ministry has formed a crisis team but was unwilling to speculate about the exact number of Dutch people on board.

Caretaker Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he was appalled by the tragedy and conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims.

The Libyan plane, an Airbus A330-200 owned by Afriqiyah Airways, left Johannesburg in South Africa on Tuesday evening and crashed during the landing in Tripoli. It was to have continued on to Gatwick Airport in London.

It?s not clear what caused the accident. Afriqiyah Airways and the Libyan authorities both say there is no evidence of a terrorist attack.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/libya-air-crash-100-dead-dozens-dutch-nationals

 

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Libyan plane crash: Dutch boy, 10, lone survivor; 103 passengers, crew dead

BY Stephanie Gaskell
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 6:09 AM
Updated: Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 12:43 PM

Al-Fergany/AP
Rescue teams search the site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Tripoli, Libya.

Libya TV/AP
An unidentified Dutch child the sole survivor of plane crash in Libya.


A 10-year-old Dutch boy miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya that killed the other 103 people on board.

Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 was flying from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Tripoli International Airport when it crashed Wednesday while landing with 93 passengers and 11 crew members on board.

"Everybody is dead, except for one child," said Libyan Transport Minister Mohammed Zidan.

Officials have not identified the child, who was at a local hospital being treated for injuries.

"One of our colleagues in Tripoli was told by a doctor at the hospital that he has broken bones and was being operated on," said a Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman.

An unnamed doctor, speaking in Arabic in the Libya TV video, said the child "has several breaks in both legs and is under intensive care, but is stable."

Libyan state television showed the child in a hospital bed, wearing a breathing mask. The child appeared to be conscious, and was seen with a bandage around the top of his head.

The Royal Dutch Tourism Board said 61 of the victims are from the Netherlands, including many vacationers who had been on package tours to South Africa.
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CAIRO, May 12, 2010 Libya Jet with 104 Crashes; Child Sole Survivor

10-Year-Old Dutch Boy Survives after Flight Crashes on Approach to Tripoli Airport; 61 of the Dead from the Netherlands

(CBS/ AP)​

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"The aircraft that crashed was delivered from the production line in September 2009. It had accumulated approximately 1,600 flight hours in some 420 flights, according to Airbus.

The Libyan government has ruled out terrorism, reports CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata, but the cause of the crash remains unknown.

Weather conditions over Tripoli's international airport were good on Wednesday, with three-mile (4.8-kilometer) visibility, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet and winds of only three miles per hour.

A NASA Web site said an ash cloud from Iceland's volcano had reached North Africa by Monday, but a map from Britain's meteorological office showed it was well west of Tripoli at the time of the crash.

Brussels-based European air traffic management agency said the thinning volcanic ash cloud that disrupted air traffic over parts of Europe and the Atlantic in the past few days had moved into mid-ocean and was unlikely to have affected an airliner in Libya, more than 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) away.

Daniel Hoeltgen, spokesman for the European Aviation Safety Agency said Afriqiyah has undergone 10 recent safety inspections at European airports, with no significant safety findings. He said a team of French crash investigators was already on its way to Tripoli.

"We are currently talking to Airbus and with the French accident investigator BEA, which will be involved in the investigation," said Hoeltgen. "We will lend our support if this is required by authorities in charge."

Afriqiyah Airways is not included on the European Union's list of banned airlines. The list has nearly 300 carriers deemed by the EU not to meet international safety standards.

According to initial reports, the plane crashed as it neared the threshold of Tripoli International's main east-west runway, while preparing to touch down from the east.

The main runway at Tripoli Airport is 3,600 yards (meters) long. According to international airport guides, the airport does not have a precision approach system that guides airplanes down to the runway's threshold, but has two other less sophisticated systems that are in wide use throughout the world.

Wednesday's crash was the fourth deadly landing accident at Tripoli airport in the past 40 years, according to the Web site of the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/12/world/main6475192.shtml