No Technical Problems Reported Before Libya Crash - Inquiry
Friday, May 14, 2010
TRIPOLI (AFP)--The pilot of the Libyan airliner that crashed with the loss of 103 lives reported no technical problems before this week's accident, the head of the commission of inquiry said Friday.
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Crash in Libya: the pilot had not reported any technical problem
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TRIPOLI — The pilot of al-Afriqiyah that crashed Wednesday near Tripoli, which killed 103, had not reported a technical problem on the aircraft before the crash, told AFP Friday Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, Neji Dhaou.
"The pilot did not report any problems. Until last moment, things went quite normally between the pilot and control tower," said Dhaou.
"What I can confirm for now is that the aircraft struck the ground just before reaching the runway," he said, adding that investigators no "remove any hypothesis yet."
Last edited by snowfalcon2; 14th May 2010 at 11:42.
Reason: Updated news at 11:41 GMT , translated from AFP