What: Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 en route from Johannesburg South Africa to Tripoli, Libya Where: Tripoli’s runway 09 When: May 12th 2010 Who: 93 passengers and 11 crew (105 reported fatalities: 94 passengers and 11 crew) A child may have survived. Why: In good weather conditions with winds of three mph, the flight was on approach to Tripoli International Airport which has no instrument landing system and the runway itself is not in good condition. The accident happened one minute before sea level sunrise may have had to deal with visibility problems flying toward the rising sun, or possibly patchy fog.
The plane crashed on approach to the runway and is fragmented as if a high speed impact.
The wreckage area is described as a debris field. Rescue crew and volunteers are on the scene and all bodies are said to have been recovered, with one possible survivor.
Afriqiyah Airways is owned by the Libyan government.
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Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Phil Debski What: British Airways Boeing 767-300 en route from London Heathrow to Calgary Where: Calgary When: Mar 5th Why: On approach to Calgary, the crew of British Airways Boeing G-BNWY lost most of their instruments. The data stream loss appears to have been related to the pitot tubes.
With assistance from ATC, the pilots made a safe landing.
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