5A-ONG, the aircraft involved in the accident seen on 8 March 2010
Accident
Date
12 May 2010
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain caused by spatial disorientation, pilot error and lack of crew resource management
Site
On approach to runway 09 at Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya 32°39′41″N13°7′9″E / 32.66139°N 13.11917°E / 32.66139; 13.11917
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Airbus A330-202
Operator
Afriqiyah Airways
IATA flight No.
8U771
ICAO flight No.
AAW771
Call sign
AFRIQIYAH 771
Registration
5A-ONG
Flight origin
OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya
Occupants
104
Passengers
93
Crew
11
Fatalities
103
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 was a scheduled international Afriqiyah Airways passenger flight that crashed on 12 May 2010 at about 06:01 local time (04:01 UTC) on approach to Tripoli International Airport, about 1,200 metres (3,900 ft; 1,300 yd) short of the runway.[1][2] Of the 104 passengers and crew on board, 103 were killed. The sole survivor was a 9-year-old Dutch boy.[3][4][5][6] The crash of Flight 771 was the third hull-loss of an Airbus A330 involving fatalities, occurring eleven months after the crash of Air France Flight 447.[7][8]
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