Airbus A330-200 KiN Reports
According to airport officials, at least 104 people lost their lives in a plane crash in Tripoli early Wednesday. The plane, an Airbus A330-200 flying from Johannesburg (RSA) crashlanded close to runway number 9 at Tripoli airport. The plane involved in the deadly accident belongs to the state owned Libyan Afriqiyah Airways. The latter was established in 2001 and has flights to more than 25 destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 
Afriqiyah Airways has 13 planes with an average age of 6,9 years.
There were 93 passengers on board the Airbus and it is believed they were from various countries and nationalities, including British and South African. There were 11 crew all believed to be Libyan nationals.
The plane was scheduled to depart for Gatwick airport near London after a stopover in Tripoli.
Miracle child: Reports say that one child (a boy) was the only survivor of the tragic accident. The boy is in for surgery but officials at the airport say he is a live.
KiN has not managed to establish whether there were Kenyans on board the illfated plane.
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