26 Mar Antonov An-24RV – J5-GBE Force landed in the desert when it ran into a violent sandstorm. Yasir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was one o... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 707-351C – 5A-DJT The Boeing 707-351C, operated by Libyan Arab Airlines, was damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident at Tripoli International Airport... Continue reading
26 Mar Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 – 5A-DBN The F-27 landed hard after a steeper than normal approach. The left main gear and left outboard wing section failed, causing the aircra... Continue reading
26 Mar McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 – HL7328 Korean Air Flight 803 departed Seoul, South Korea on a flight to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops at Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah... Continue reading
26 Mar Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 – 5A-DDV 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 ... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – 5A-DDD The Twin Otter left the oil fields at Hamada around 07:05 on a regular daily oilfield crew-change flight to Tripoli (TIP). Twelve emplo... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas DC-3C – N62109 The DC-3 made a forced landing at Mobil Oil Base, Dahra, Libya and was abandoned there. Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-76M – 5A-DKK The IL-76M transport plane was involved in the evacuation of the Aouzou Strip on the Chad/Libyan border during the 1987 Chadian-Libyan ... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-76TD – 5A-DNF The early 1980-ies was a period of escalating reciprocal actions by the United States and Libya. The U.S. claimed that several terroris... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – 5A-DCS The early 1980-ies was a period of escalating reciprocal actions by the United States and Libya. The U.S. claimed that several terroris... Continue reading