libya plane crash |Plane crashes at Libya airport, over 100 killed|

An eight-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor when a Libyan plane arriving from South
Africa exploded on landing at Tripoli airport today, killing more than 100 people, officials said.

Afriqiyah Airways listed 93 passengers and 11 crew members on board its flight 8U771 from Johannesburg."I can confirm the crash but not the number of the dead," said Bongani Sithole, an official of the airline at Johannesburg airport. "We hear that it happened one metre (yard) away from the runway."

A Libyan security official earlier told AFP that all those on board the Airbus A330 had died but an airport official said in fact a Dutch boy had survived and been rushed to hospital near Tripoli.

There was no immediate indication of the cause of the crash, which occurred as the Afriqiyah Airways plane was landing after a flight from Johannesburg at around 6 am (9.30 IST).

"It exploded on landing and totally disintegrated," the security official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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