Boy who survived Libyan air crash 'stable'

Thu, May 13th 2010, 12:00 AM

A Dutch boy who is the sole survivor of a plane crash at Tripoli airport in Libya that killed 103 people is said to be in a stable condition after surgery.

He has undergone several rounds of surgery to both legs which are fractured in several places.

The boy's full identity has not yet been officially confirmed.

The flight recorders have been recovered and handed over to analysts for clues as to what brought down the Afriqiyah Airways flight on Wednesday.

Libyan state television showed the boy in a hospital bed with a bandaged head and wearing an oxygen mask, his legs in casts.Sedig Benzala, head of the team who operated on him, told the BBC the four-hour operation went well and that the boy remained in intensive care.

He has multiple fractures and concussion. The only thing he has said so far has been his name, Mr Benzala said.

Some of his relatives arrived this morning to see him at the el-Khadzra (Green) hospital and he smiled and nodded his head.

"It was a very emotional moment," Mr Benzala said.

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