Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771
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The Libyan Transport Minister Mohamed Zidan reported that the sole survivor was a boy travelling on a Dutch passport, who was found in the debris. He was later identified as 9-year-old Ruben van Assouw,[6][35] a resident of the city of Tilburg who was returning from a safari with his family. His parents and brother were also on the plane.
The child was taken to Sabia'a Hospital, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Tripoli and later transferred to Al-Khadhra Hospital, Tripoli, to undergo surgery for multiple fractures in both legs. Dutch Foreign Ministry spokesman Ad Meijer said the child has no life-threatening injuries.
Of the passengers, 42 were continuing to D[cedilla]sseldorf, 32 were continuing to Brussels, seven to London, and one to Paris.
Eleven of the passengers had Libya as their final destination.
Among the victims were Frans Dreyer, brother of South African Member of Parliament Anchen Dreyer and his friend and colleague, Anton Matthee.
On the evening of 12 May 2010, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that one of its passport holders was on the plane, novelist Bree O'Mara.
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