Afriqiyah lose a plane.

Don’t most insurance policies exclude “acts of war and/or terrorism” ??

If it could be proved somehow that this plane and others were damaged/destroyed as a result of foreign bombs, could/would the airline/s try to seek compensation in anyway because it is/was not their fault, and the foreign bombs were only suppose to be used against Gaddafi’s military assests?

Well, I don’t think that they should be regarded as anything less. Very courageous people, and in many cases, kids.

Glad you call them “freedom fighters” as opposed to “rebels”

Sounds logical to me. In the last hour or so, the BBC has shown video of the interior of Ghadaffi’s personal A340, complete with jacuzzi. The plane is ‘cloaked’ in the colours of Afriqiyah. The freedom fighters escorting the film crew round, had the looks of both incredulity and astonishment.

It will be interesting to see in the future, wether the new government will continue to maintain both LAA and Afriqiyah in their pre liberation forms.

Even before the feces hit the fan the plan was already to merge LAA and Afriqiyah into one airline. I would expect this to continue once the dust settles.

Sad sight, but then again nothing compared to the human tragedy unfolding there. It will be interesting to see in the future, wether the new government will continue to maintain both LAA and Afriqiyah in their pre liberation forms. I understand that the Afriqiyah livery is political, and is based on the date of the creation of the African Union, considering the lack of recognition for the provisional council by the AU, I would imagine that the livery has a limited future.

All hail the 787

Perhaps the insurance pay out could be used as a deposit for an A350 or B787. :diablo:

Oops! Tell Lloyd s that they have just purchased some new Tupperware.

The photo showed A.300, 5A-IAY. Also destroyed was Libyan Arab Airlines A.300 5A-DLZ.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110825-0