Date: | Thursday 25 August 2011 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airbus A300B4-620 |
Owner/operator: | Afriqiyah Airways |
Registration: | 5A-IAY |
MSN: | 354 |
Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4H1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Tripoli International Airport (TIP) -
Libya
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | |
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.
Sources:
Reuters
Location
Images:
photo (c) Lars Hentschel; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 07 August 2010
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