Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771
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. Of the 104 passengers and crew on board, 103 were killed. The sole survivor was a 9-year-old Dutch boy. 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.
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″N 13°7′9″E |
| 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 |
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