Afriqiyah Airways said in a statement that there were 93 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the plane, which crashed at Tripoli airport on the morning of May 12.

Some local media reports said that an eight-year-old Dutch boy miraculously survived the crash and was rushed to the hospital.

The airline's statement said that search and rescue work was underway, but did not give details about the casualties and survivors.

The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 was flying from Johannesburg to Tripoli when the accident took place at about 6:00 am (04:00GMT) . The plane, Flight 8U771, crashed during the process of landing, said the airport authorities.

The cause of the crash was not clear, the airport authorities said, adding that the weather conditions were good at Tripoli on the morning of May 12. The plane exploded while landing and disintegrated.

TV footage showed that the wreckage could be seen at the airport but no smoke was visible.

The company was founded in April 2001 and is operating a fleet of Airbus planes.

Photograph 1: This image from Libyan television shows a section of the fuselage from the Afriqiyah's flight 771 amid the wreckage on May 12, 2010. Photo by Xinhua/AFP.

Photograph 2: A file photo of an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330.