TRIPOLI — 2010 · Major Tragedy
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 Crash
On the morning of 12 May 2010, Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, an Airbus A330 from Johannesburg, struck the ground about 1,200 metres short of the runway while approaching Tripoli International Airport. Of the 104 people on board, 103 were killed; the sole survivor was a young child. Many of the passengers were Dutch. It was the deadliest aviation accident in Libya since 1992. The investigation led by the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority concluded that the crash was caused by pilot error: after a series of misunderstandings between the pilots the approach was not stabilised, the fatigued crew decided to go around, and a spatial illusion during that manoeuvre led them to push the nose down at low altitude.
- Date
- 2010
- Place
- Tripoli International Airport, Libya, Tripoli, LY
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 32.6600, 13.1500 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 12 May 2010The aircraft crashed short of the runway at Tripoli; 103 died.
- 15 June 2010All victims had been identified and repatriated.
- February 2013The inquiry attributed the crash to pilot error.
Sources
- CNN — Libya plane crash edition.cnn.com ↗
- The New York Times — Plane crash in Libya nytimes.com ↗
- NBC News — Libya plane crash nbcnews.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 en.wikipedia.org ↗
- CNN
- The New York Times
- Libya Herald
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