Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103

Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103
Accident summary
Date	22 December 1992
Type	Mid-air collision
Site	Tripoli, Libya
Total fatalities	159
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
Type	Boeing 727-2L5
Operator	Libyan Arab Airlines
Tail number	5A-DIA
Flight origin	Benina International Airport
Destination	Tripoli International Airport
Passengers	147
Crew	10
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
Type	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Operator	Libyan Air Force
Tail number	Unknown
Crew	2
Fatalities	2
Survivors	0

Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 was a Boeing 727 with 10 crew and 147 passengers on board that was involved in a mid-air collision on 22 December 1992. The aircraft was just under 18 years old at the time of the accident. On the day of the accident Flight 1103 took off from Benina International Airport near Benghazi on a domestic flight to Tripoli International Airport. At an altitude of 3,500 ft (1,067 m) during the aircraft's approach to Tripoli airport, it collided with a Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, causing both aircraft to crash. The accident killed all 157 passengers and crew on Flight 1103 and both crewmembers of the MiG-23.

References

	Libya portal
	Aviation portal

"ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2L5 5A-DIA Tripoli International Airport (TIP)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
"Boeing 727 Crashes in Libya". Flight International, 6–12 January 1993. p. 8.

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