Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 DEC 1992 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-2L5 |
| Operator: | Libyan Arab Airlines |
| Registration: | 5A-DIA |
| C/n / msn: | 21050/1108 |
| First flight: | 1975-02-07 (17 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 147 / Occupants: 147 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 157 / Occupants: 157 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 9 km (5.6 mls) E of Tripoli International Airport (TIP) (Libya)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB), Libya |
| Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT), Libya | |
| Flightnumber: | 1103 |
Collided with a MiG-23UB at 3500 feet and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» Air International
» Air Safety Week 11.1.1993 (p. 3)
» ANP
» PZC
» Scramble 164
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Benghazi-Benina International Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 666 km (416 miles).
Distance from Benghazi-Benina International Airport to Tripoli International Airport as the crow flies is 666 km (416 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
Libya