Afriqiyah Flight 771 Crash Release 5

    Afriqiyah Flight 771 crash release 5 - 20:00 UTC 13 May 2010.

    Libya. Afriqiyah Airways confirms as per the information received from the Libyan authorities the death of the 103 passengers on board flight 8U 771 from Johannesburg to Tripoli 12th May 2010.
    Only one survived the accident (a Dutch child).

    The passenger’s nationalities are as follows:
    58 Dutch
    6 South Africans
    2 Libyans
    2 Austrians
    1 German
    1 Zimbabwean
    1 French
    2 British
    19 Unknown (to be notified upon confirmation)
    11 Crew members (Libyan nationalities)

    Afriqiyah Airways will release further information as soon as it is available

    Full article at: http://www.afriqiyah.aero/news.html

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