Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771
2010 passenger plane crash in Tripoli, Libya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 was a scheduled international Afriqiyah Airways passenger flight that crashed on 12 May 2010 at about 06:01 local time (04:01 UTC) on approach to Tripoli International Airport, about 1,200 metres (3,900 ft; 1,300 yd) short of the runway.[1][2] Of the 104 passengers and crew on board, 103 were killed. The sole survivor was a 9-year-old Dutch boy.[3][4][5][6] The crash of Flight 771 was the third hull-loss of an Airbus A330 involving fatalities, occurring eleven months after the crash of Air France Flight 447.[7][8]
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Accident | |
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Date | 12 May 2010 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain caused by spatial disorientation, pilot error and lack of crew resource management |
Site | On approach to runway 09 at Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya 32°39′41″N 13°7′9″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A330-202 |
Operator | Afriqiyah Airways |
IATA flight No. | 8U771 |
ICAO flight No. | AAW771 |
Call sign | AFRIQIYAH 771 |
Registration | 5A-ONG |
Flight origin | OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Destination | Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
Occupants | 104 |
Passengers | 93 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 103 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
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