| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Arab Airlines |
| Registration: | 5A-DDV |
| MSN: | 10588 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7924 hours |
| Cycles: | 5494 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Zella -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zella 74 (HLZA) |
| Tripoli International Airport (TIP/HLLT) |
The no. 1 engine began to vibrate shortly after takeoff. The engine was shut down and the crew wanted to return to Zella, but couldn't maintain height. The aircraft crashed in the desert.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Images:
photo (c) Arno Janssen; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); September 1975
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