TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Doctors say the Dutch boy who miraculously survived a plane crash that killed 103 people in the Libyan capital is in satisfactory condition after surgery on his shattered legs.
Dr. Hameeda al-Saheli, the head of the pediatric unit at the Libyan hospital where the boy was treated, said Thursday that the boy, is breathing normally and his vital organs are intact.
The official Libyan news agency has identified the survivor as 10-year-old Ruben van Ashout.
The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus 330-200 crashed Wednesday as it approached the runway at the Tripoli airport after a seven-hour flight from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Most of the 103 victims were Dutch, returning home after vacationing in South Africa.
