May12:Tripoli air crash: Airbus A330-20: Afriqiyah Airways.

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Date: 12 MAY 2010
Time: 06:10
Type: Airbus A330-202
Operator: Afriqiyah Airways
Registration: 5A-ONG
C/n / msn: 1024
First flight: 2009
Engines: 2 General Electric CF6-80E1A3
Crew: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Passengers: Fatalities: 92 / Occupants: 92
Total: Fatalities: 103 / Occupants: 104
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: ca 0,9 km W of Tripoli International Airport (TIP) (Libya)
Phase: Approach
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)
Destination airport: Tripoli International Airport (TIP)
Flightnumber: 771
An Airbus A330-202 passenger plane, operated by Afriqiyah Airways, was destroyed when it crashed while on approach to Tripoli International Airport (TIP), Libya. The airplane, operating as Afriqiyah Airways flight 771 had left Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), South Africa on an international passenger flight to Tripoli International Airport (TIP). There were 11 crew members and 93 passengers on board. Some 70 of those were Dutch. Footage from the scene suggested the airplane crashed and broke up about 900 m from the runway 09 threshold and 200 m to the south of the extended centreline. This might indicate that the crash occurred during final approach to runway 09 or during a go-around from runway 27. The tail came to rest close to a mosque with the rear of the tail pointing east, towards the runway. The airplane was completely destroyed. A Dutch boy was the sole survivor of the accident. Runway 09 does not have an ILS. Only a Locator approach is available. Runway 27 does have ILS. Also, the Tripoli VOR was NOTAMed unreliable ("INTERFERENCE FROM SIGNAL BEING EXPERIENCED DURING CURRENT AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT WORK ( TPI VOR SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION.") Weather about the time of the accident (04:10 UTC): HLLT 120350Z VRB01KT 6000 NSC 19/17 Q1008= [03:50 UTC; Winds variable at 1 knot; visibility 6000m; Temperature 19°C; Dew point 17°C; Ceiling unlimited; 1008 hPa] HLLT 120420Z 27007KT 5000 BR NSC 19/17 Q1009= [04:20 UTC; Winds 270 degrees at 7 knots; visibility 5000m; Temperature 19°C; Dew point 17°C; Ceiling unlimited; 1009 hPa]
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE AIRBUS A330
Last fatal accident involving a Airbus A330: 01-JUN-2009 Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP Air France - 228 fatalties (345 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 6 (of which 4 were accidents)

2nd worst accident involving a Airbus A330
Survival rate for all fatal Airbus A330 accidents: on average 0.0 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents
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COUNTRY PROFILE LIBYA
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Libya: 13-JAN-2000 Shorts 360-300 HB-AAM Avisto, opf. Sirte Oil Company - 22 fatalities (3772 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 21
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 578
2nd worst airliner/bizjet accident in Libya
The country is rated Cat.
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