Afriqyah A330 Flight 8U 771 Crash Lands
TRIPOLI ( AIRLINE INDUSTRY REVIEW ) -
An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200, 5A-ONG, operating flight 8U 771 crash landed at Tripoli Airport this morning.
The aircraft was carrying 93 passengers and eleven crew. The number of fatalities was not immediately clear. AFP reported that there was a survivor, a Dutch child. Dutch prime minister stated that there were 63 Dutch people onboard, of whom only one – the 10yr old child – survived.
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Afriqiyah has confirmed the news on its website.
Some reports indicate the aircraft exploded upon landing, but this is NOT confirmed. This is the second hull loss of an A330-200 that was on commercial service ( excluding the test flight crash ).
The METAR reported at 0425UTC indicates a 2000m visibility degrade .
5A-ONG, MSN 1024, the aircraft reportedly involved. Photo by Alexander Schelbergen
Afriqiyah operated three A330-200s, all of which were less than one year old.
5A-ONF MSN999 First Flight 11/08/2009
5A-ONG MSN1024 First Flight 12/08/2009
5A-ONH MSN1043 First Flight 01/10/2009
It is reported that the aircraft had a go around and tried to land in Runway 09 although this is unconfirmed. Runway 09 at Tripoli reportedly only has VOR and NDB compared to Runway 27 with ILS support.
The authorities have been able to discover the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder of the aircraft. A cause for the incident was not immediately clear.
This incident seems to be quite similar to the Korean Air 803 incident in which the aircraft crashed short in approach to Tripoli in 1989. Although there is no confirmation that this aircraft crashed short of runway.
Friends and relatives can call +27105001918 from South Africa, +218213341181 from Libya and +442033552737 from U.K and rest of the world. May all who perished rest in peace.
This is a real tragedy and i hope God will bless all people witch died in this terrible Afriqyah A330 Flight 8U 771 Crash Lands. Is not easy to think that on the next flight will be inside the airplane and to live the same moments as these 93 people did. Amazing is that a kid aged with 10 yrs survived! God bless all victims and rest in peace! Cezar Comorasu – an romanian Cameraman at Mass Media Company – Eden Studios – Europe. Amserdam.
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According to the now published passengerlist are the nationalities of the people on board 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)
http://www.afriqiyah.aero/news/68-afriqiyah-flight-771-crash-release-3.html
Let’s get to the bottom of it why it happened. I see many discrepancies in what should have been a normal crash from 200 meters.
Do it for the sole survivor who will be a victim the rest of his life.
Ruben or Robin,
Je bent heel hard met het vliegtuig op de grond gekomen.
Dat zal wel heel erg zeer gedaan hebben.
En zal nu nog heel erg zeer doen.
Maar dat zeer doen wordt steeds minder.
Wat dat betreft ben je net zo sterk als Jackie Chan
en al die helden van Nickelodeon en Disney XD
Jij bent nu zelf een held voor heel Nederland.
In ieder geval ben je een held voor mij!
Voor altijd…
At a time where we are saddened by this very tragic incident, and where i personally am very worried indeed that this will not be the last incident that will occur unless the international airline and civil aviation take drastic measures in improving regulations on both the management of Tripoli Int airport, as it’s undergoing a major face lift to its old structure, and construction work severely puts air-crafts both taking off and landing in grieve danger. Never allow runway 9 to be ever used again for very early morning landings. And ILS systems fail from time to time, why……..?