Afriqiyah Airways flight 8U771 crashed during landing at Tripoli international airport early this morning. The flight was on its way from Johannesburg, South Africa to Tripoli. The route is scheduled to operated with an Afriqiyah Airbus A330. Unofficial numbers report that 104 people were killed during the air crash.

According to the website of Afriqiyah 93 passengers and 11 crew members were on board.

Emergency services in Shanghai are attending the scene of a crash involving a Boeing MD-11 freighter operated by cargo carrier Avient Aviation.

Seven crew members were on board the aircraft, and initial indications point to at least three fatalities.

Avient says that the accident occurred during take-off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 08:16.

The aircraft was operating a charter freight flight, says Avient, which has a UK headquarters although its fleet is registered in Zimbabwe.

“At this time, the full resources of Avient’s accident response team have been mobilised and will be devoted to co-operating with all authorities responding to the accident,” the carrier adds.

While the identity of the airframe has yet to be confirmed, Avient had only just taken delivery of its first MD-11F - registered Z-BAV, serial number 48408 - in the last few days.

This aircraft is an 18-year old Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered example. Avient opted for the MD-11F to begin replacing its McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30Fs. Source: (RATI)