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TRIPOLI 12 Mei - Sebuah pesawat penumpang terhempas di Libya hari ini mengakibatkan 105 orang terkorban, lapor televisyen Al Aribiya memetik kenyataan sumber rasmi.

Seorang sumber rasmi lapangan terbang Libya memberitahu Rueters, pesawat Airbus Libya yang dalam penerbangan dari Afrika Selatan itu terhempas ketika dalam percubaan mendarat di lapangan terbang tripoli. - Reuters

http://www.airbus.com/crisis/index.html

Airbus Crisis Page.

-- Wed May 12, 2010 6:52 pm --

Afriqiyah Airways flight 8U771 accident in Tripoli, Libya (ISSUE 2)
12 May 2010

Airbus regrets to confirm that an Airbus A330-200 operated by Afriqiyah Airways was involved in an accident in Tripoli, Libya at 04:00 GMT, Wednesday 12th May. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight 8U771 from Johannesburg, South Africa to Tripoli, Libya.

The aircraft involved in the accident, registered as 5A-ONG, was MSN (Manufacturer Serial Number) 1024, delivered from the production line in September 2009. The aircraft had accumulated approximately 1600 flight hours in some 420 flights. It was powered by General Electric CF6-80E1 engines. At this time no further factual information is available.

Preliminary reports indicate that the aircraft crashed short of the runway threshold during approach. According to available information there were 93 passengers and 11 crew on board.

In line with ICAO Annex 13 international convention Airbus is dispatching a team of technical advisors to support the investigation authorities and the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) as accredited representative.

The Airbus A330-200 is a widebody, twin-engine aircraft, which typically carries 253 passengers in a three-class, twin-aisle cabin on medium to long range routes of up to 7,250 nautical miles (13,400km). The A330-200 was first delivered in April 1998.

The concerns and sympathy of the Airbus employees go to the families, friends and loved ones affected by the accident.

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For further information, please contact:
AIRBUS - MEDIA RELATIONS
Tel.: (33) 05.61.93.10.00

http://www.airbus.com/crisis/index.html

-- Wed May 12, 2010 7:00 pm --

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/afric ... 21627.html

Al Jazeera English coverage.

-- Wed May 12, 2010 7:02 pm --

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8676758.stm

BBC News coverage.

morn for the lost...

A brand new plane, only 1600 hrs with slightly above 400 cycles ...........

High probability due to 'PILOT ERROR', looks like another CFIT ...........

Of course with some others contributing factors .........


The Unlearned

RIP to those guys

a boy did survive...!