Libyan passenger jet plane crash

A Libyan passenger jet plane crashed several minutes before landing at Tripoli airport after a more than 7-hour flight across Africa from Johannesburg. There had been 104 people (93 passengers and 11 crew) aboard. The passengers were mainly Dutch returning from vacations in the South African Republic. The sole survivor is 10 years old Dutch boy, who is currently in the emergency room of one of Tripoly's hospitals. So far 96 bodies have been recovered from the crash site. The Airbus A330-200 flight 8U771 that crashed was operated by the Libyan company Afriqiyah Airways, a low-cost airline providing cheap flights to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The company has no previous records of any accidents. By now the blackboxex are recovered, so everybody's waiting for the results of the investigation concerning the cause of the crash. It's known, however, that the airpot of Tripoly is not equipped with a precision approach system. Some experts say the likeliest cause of the crash must be due to a shallow angle of the plane descent.

The phone numbers 020-7008-8765 in London and 0203-355-2737 in Tripoli are where information about the victims can be asked for by relatives and friends.