Libyan plane crash kills 104

AN Afriqiyah Airways A330 has crashed in Libya with the loss of 104 people on board.

The Johannesburg-Tripoli flight – 8U771 – crashed close to Tripoli Airport at 0610 local time.

Sixty-one Dutch nationals were among the 93 passengers. A single eight-year-old Dutch boy is the only survivor.

Afriqiyah Airways is a Libyan airline that was founded in 2001.

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