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A passenger airplane has crashed at the international airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing all the 105 people traveling on the plane. The crash took place at 6:00am (0400 GMT) Wednesday when the plane was trying to land but the there was no immediate indication of the cause of the crash, security officials told on condition of anonymity. Among the dead were 94 passengers and 11 crew members, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The aircraft belonged to the Tripoli-based Afriqiyah Airways and arrived in from Johannesburg, South Africa.
