Boy, 10, sole survivor as 104 die in air crash

A LIBYAN plane carrying 104 people crashed yesterday on approach to Tripoli’s airport, leaving a field scattered with smouldering debris that included a large chunk of the tail painted with the airline’s brightly coloured logo. A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the only known survivor.

The Dutch prime minister said everyone on the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 arriving from Johannesburg, South Africa, was killed except the boy, who was undergoing surgery. However, Libyan officials only confirmed that 96 bodies had been found and said rescuers were searching for the rest of the victims.

The Royal Dutch Tourism Board said 61 of the dead came from The Netherlands.