Airline crashes

This item appears on page 17 of the July 2010 issue.

• Afriqiyah Airways flight 711, flying from Johannesburg, crashed while landing in Tripoli, Libya, on May 12. Of the 104 people aboard the Airbus A330-200, a nine-year-old Dutch boy survived.

 • Air India Express flight 812, flying from Dubai to Mangalore, India, crashed at Mangalore airport on May 22. The plane overshot the runway and went down a ravine. Of the 166 aboard the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, eight people survived.