Afriqiyah Airways : Vol 8U-771 : à Tripoli (Vol Johannesburg / Londres)

La compagnie aérienne Afriqiyah Airways a le regret d’annoncer la disparition du vol 8U771 aujourd’hui 12 Mai 2010 à 04:00 UTC. Effectivement le vol 8U771 qui effectuait une liaison à destination de Tripoli a fait un crash. Le vol 8U771 de la compagnie aérienne Afriqiyah Airways avait à son bord 11 membres d’équipages et 93 passagers.

Source : Afriqiyah Airways

L'association des victimes de l'Airbus A330 d'Air France qui s'est abîmé en mer en juin 2009 entre Rio et Paris, a envoyé mercredi ses "profondes condoléances" aux familles des victimes du crash à Tripoli d'un Airbus A330-200 d'une compagnie libyenne, soulignant que ces appareils ont de "sérieux problèmes".

2010 AFP

Libya's Afriqiyah Airways has identified the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] involved in an accident at Tripoli today.
The carrier tells ATI that the aircraft was registered 5A-ONG, the airframe bearing serial number 1024.

All of Afriqiyah's A330s are fitted with General Electric [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines. Aircraft 1024 was just eight months old, one of three A330s ordered by the Tripoli-based airline.
A spokeswoman for the carrier is unable to give further details on the accident, but says that it occurred "within the airport".
She cannot confirm immediate reports of survivors from among the 104 occupants.
Images from the scene show that the aircraft has disintegrated, with only the empennage recognisable.

Investigators examIning the Afriqiyah Airways A330-200 crash are expected to focus on faulty landing aids and the pilots being blinded by the sun as possible causes.

Flight 8U771, en route from Johannesburg, was attempting to land at Tripoli International at about 6 a.m. local time Wednesday when it crashed about 900 m. short of the runway, killing all but one of the 104 passengers and crew aboard ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]). The only survivor was an 8-year-old Dutch boy. The Netherlands announced yesterday that 70 of the passengers were Dutch citizens.

ATWOnline has learned that Runway 09, to which the aircraft was headed, does not have an ILS and the VOR navigational aid was suffering from interference.

Pilots were warned in a NOTAM that "interference from signal being experienced during current airport development work. VOR should be used with caution."

The aircraft was landing to the east and crashed just as the sun was rising, leading to suspicions that the pilots may have been blinded by sunlight to possible errors in their approach and height caused by problems with the landing aids.
The aircraft's flight data and cockpit voice recorders both have been recovered.
Libyan Transport Minister Mohammed Ali Zidan told media that the A330-200 was acquired by the airline last September and first flew on Aug. 12. Its latest maintenance check was done under contract by Lufthansa Technik in Milan on March 5. It had flown only 1,600 hr. and performed 420 landings.

TRIPOLI, 14 mai 2010 (AFP)Le pilote de l'Airbus A330-200 d'Al-Afriqiyah qui s'est écrasé mercredi près de Tripoli, faisant 103 morts, n'avait pas signalé de problème technique avant le crash dont le seul survivant, un Néerlandais de 9 ans, devrait être rapatrié ce week-end.

2010 AFP

New evidence suggests that the pilots of the Afriqiyah Airways A330-200 that crashed last week on approach to Tripoli International may have mistaken a major road that runs toward and then veers to the right of the airport for the runway. The aircraft crashed 900 m. short of the threshold of Runway 09 and 200 m. to the right, just beside the road. ATWOnline reported last week that Runway 09 does not have an ILS and the VOR navigational aid was suffering from interference ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]). The pilots also may have had their vision impaired by a combination of the rising sun and ground haze.