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Plane Crash in Libya Kills 103

   VOA News 12 May 2010
   Rescue  teams  search  the  site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane
   crash in Tripoli, Libya, 12 May 2010

Photo: AP

   Rescue  teams  search  the  site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane
   crash in Tripoli, Libya, 12 May 2010

   A  Libyan  passenger  plane has crashed in the Libyan capital, Tripoli
   killing 103 people and leaving one survivor.
   Libyan  security  officials  say  the  Afrique  Airways  plane crashed
   Wednesday  morning as it was attempting to land at the Tripoli airport
   after a flight from Johannesburg, South Africa.
   There  were  93  passengers and 11 flight crew on board the Airbus 330
   flight.
   Security  officials  say a child passenger survived the accident. News
   reports say that he is an eight-year old Dutch boy.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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