Libyan investigators on Thursday (February 28th) announced that pilot error and poor co-ordination between the captain and co-pilot led to a deadly plane crash in 2010, Libya Herald reported.
On May 12th, 2010, an Afriqiyah Airbus from Johannesburg crashed at Tripoli airport, killing 103 passengers and crew.
Following the crash, Airbus accelerated work on developing automated ground-collision avoidance systems.
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