Plane crashes while trying to land at Libyan airport (1 Viewer)

ReBeL

The Jackal
Jan 14, 2005
22,871
#1
(CNN) -- A plane, carrying 104 people, crashed while trying to land at Libya's Tripoli International Airport on Wednesday.
The Afriqiyah Airways plane was flying in from Johannesburg, South Africa, when it crashed while attempting to land at the airport in the Libyan capital, an airline spokeswoman said.
She could not say whether there were any fatalities.
"At the moment we have no details of survivors and Afriqiyah Airways will issue further statements when more details can be released in due course," she said.
The plane, an Airbus 330-200, was carrying 93 passengers and 11 crew members. It was at the tail end of its nearly 9-hour-long flight when it crashed.
The Tripoli-based Afriqiyah (Arabic for 'African') operates flights to four continents. The planes in the fleet carry the logo 9.9.99 -- the date when the African Union was formed.
The Airbus that crashed is one of three Airbus 330-200s that the airline owns.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/12/libya.planecrash/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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Yamen

Senior Member
Apr 20, 2007
11,809
#8
Probably going back home from South Africa. Maybe there is no direct flight from SA to Holland so the usual route is through Libya.
 

Yamen

Senior Member
Apr 20, 2007
11,809
#10
Lets see the analysis. As for as I know the plane didnt even explode. It just hit the ground and went into pieces!
 

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