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Old 05-12-2010, 12:38 AM
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Exclamation Another A330 crash; this time in Libya

Plane crashes while trying to land at Libyan airport - CNN.com
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Old 05-12-2010, 02:40 AM
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Old 05-12-2010, 03:51 AM
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The Kathryn Report lots of news feeds, photos . . .

Afriqiyah Airbus 330 Crash - Page 3 - PPRuNe Forums
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Old 05-12-2010, 04:09 AM
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RIP fellow aviators, and pax.

Aviation is unforgiving, and Africa seems to make it more so.
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Old 05-12-2010, 06:35 AM
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Tragic; and in an A330 that was only 9 months old.
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An A330 carrying 93 pax.......I guess it could have been MUCH MUCH worse.
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Old 05-12-2010, 07:26 AM
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Only one survivor. Small child.
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Old 05-12-2010, 07:58 AM
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These are the things that I take home with me from work.....
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I love how those guys at PPrune go straight into accident speculation from the first post. Apparently judging by the wreckage this was a high energy impact with parts cartwheeling, according to one guy.
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