ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R 5A-DLZ Tripoli International Airport (TIP)
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Status:5
Date:Thursday 25 August 2011
Type:Silhouette image of generic A306 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Airbus A300B4-622R
Operator:Libyan Arab Airlines
Registration: 5A-DLZ
MSN: 616
First flight: 1991-08-21 (20 years )
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4158
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Tripoli International Airport (TIP) (   Libya)
Phase: Standing (STD)
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Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Two Airbus A300 aircraft, 5A-IAY of Afriqiyah Airways and 5A-DLZ of Libyan Arab Airlines, were destroyed at Tripoli International Airport (TIP) during a battle between Libyan rebels and Gaddafi loyalists. Both aircraft burned out. Another aircraft, Airbus A320 5A-ONK, operated by Afriqiyah Airways sustained substantial damage after being hit by shelling in the lower fuselage. The resulting fire was quickly contained.

Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» CNN


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