Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Plane Crash in Libya Kills 103

A Libyan passenger plane has crashed in the Libyan capital, Tripoli killing 103 people and leaving one survivor.

Libyan security officials say the Afriqiyah Airways plane crashed Wednesday morning as it was attempting to land at the Tripoli airport after a flight from Johannesburg, South Africa.

There were 93 passengers and 11 flight crew on board the Airbus 330 flight.

Security officials say a child passenger survived the accident. News reports say that he is an eight-year old Dutch boy.

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