A Libyan plane with 104 people on board has crashed on landing at the airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, and a search and rescue operation is under way, the airlines said.
Libyan officials said the Afriqiyah's Airbus A330 arriving from Johannesburg, South Africa was coming in to land when it crashed about 6am (local time).
There was no immediate word on survivors or the cause of the crash, a statement the airline posted on their website said.
"Afriqiyah Airways announces that our flight 8U771 had an accident during landing at Tripoli International airport," the statement said.
"At this moment, we have no information concerning possible casualties or survivors. Our information is that were 93 passenger and 11 crew aboard. The competent authorities are conducting the search and rescue mission."
