No Chinese aboard crashed plane in Libya

 
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The Chinese embassy in Tripoli confirmed that there were no Chinese passengers on board the crashed plane in Libya.

Libya Air Crash

Ma Shaoyi, a senior official in the Chinese embassy in Tripoli, told Xinhua that no Chinese citizen was on board the crashed plane this morning.

Passengers on board are Libyans, South Africans and Britons, with a total of 11 Libyan crew staff, he added.

An Airbus A330 plane from the Afriqiyah Airways was flying from Johannesburg to Tripoli when the accident took place at about 6:00 am (0400 GMT).

Afriqiyah Airways said in a statement there were 93 passengers and 11 crews aboard the plane.

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