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Libya Plane Crash Survivor in Stable Condition

   VOA News 13 May 2010
   An  unidentified  Dutch  child,  the  sole  survivor of plane crash in
   Libya,  receives  medical  treatment  in a hospital in Tripoli, 12 May
   2010

Photo: AP

   An  unidentified  Dutch  child,  the  sole  survivor of plane crash in
   Libya,  receives  medical  treatment  in a hospital in Tripoli, 12 May
   2010

   Officials  say  the  boy  underwent surgery for fractures on both legs
   after  being pulled from the debris of the Afriqiyah Airways plane. He
   is the only survivor.
   The  Dutch Foreign Ministry has not confirmed his identity. However, a
   Netherlands   newspaper,  the  Brabants  Dagblad  says  he  may  be  a
   nine-year-old  from  the  southern  city  of  Tilburg who was in South
   Africa on a safari with his parents and brothers.
   More  than  half  of  the  passengers,  62,  were vacationers from the
   Netherlands  who were traveling home from South Africa. Travelers from
   nearly  10 other countries were on the Johannesburg-to-Tripoli flight.
   Most had plans to travel on to Europe.
   The  A-330  Airbus  crashed on Wednesday as it was approaching Tripoli
   airport. The plane was carrying 93 passengers and 11 crew.
   Libyan  officials  are  investigating  the cause of the crash but they
   have ruled out terrorism.

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

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