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Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 crash

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Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103


Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103

Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 was a Boeing 727 with 10 crew and 147 passengers on board that disintegrated on 22 December 1992. On the day of the accident Flight 1103 took off from Benina International Airport near Benghazi on a domestic flight to Tripoli International Airport. At an altitude of 3,500 ft (1,067 m) during the aircraft's approach to Tripoli airport, something happened resulting in the plane disintegrating, and the death of all 157 passengers and crew. The official explanation blamed a collision with a Libyan Air Force MiG-23, and the pilot and instructor of the MiG were imprisoned.

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