Afriqiyah Airways crash in Tripoli International Airport, 103 Dead, 1 Child Happy

Afriqiyah Airways plane was almost without rest. Only small fragments of wreckage, and of course the grief-that remains after the A330-200 Airbus crashed at Tripoli International Airport yesterday (12 / 5).

Among the total 93 passengers and 11 crew, only a boy of Dutch origin who survived.

The plane departed from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, at around 01:00 yesterday morning (at around 6:00 pm). About five hours later, the aircraft with flight number 8U771 the wretched when they want to land. "Suddenly the plane split when it landed at about 6:00 in the morning (around 11:00 GMT)," Tripoli airport officials said.

Libyan Minister of Transportation Ali Mohammed Zidan said that victims of Libyan nationals were killed, Africa, and Europe. Meanwhile, in his official statement, the Dutch government reported that 61 citizens were killed in the deadly accident. They also justify the only survivors are listed as a Dutch citizen.

"All passengers and crew, except for a Dutch boy, were killed. So far, 96 bodies of people killed had been taken. The rest is being evacuated," explained Zidan, as reported by Agence France-Presse reported yesterday. Eight-year boy who was not mentioned by name is now undergoing surgery at the capital because it had a broken bone is quite serious.

Libya's government quickly deployed a special team investigating the cause of the accident. Because, previously, there were no reports of damage or technical malfunction of a flight crew. Moreover, the weather is very sunny.

Zidan asserted, although the exact cause of the accident is unknown, there is no indication of terrorism in such an isolated incident. "The two black box flight we've managed to lift from the scene. Can we be sure this accident does not smell of terrorism."