Five injured in Libyan air crash, radio blames sanctions

Five passengers and the crew of a Libyan aircraft were severely injured when it crash-landed on a flight from Sirte to Tripoli, the Libyan news agency Jana reported on Tuesday.

"Sources at Tripoli International Airport said the crashed aircraft had mechanical trouble as a result of the problems besetting this sector due to the acute shortage of spare parts and lack of overhaul required by this type of aircraft abroad," the agency said.

"The cause of this is the unjust sanctions imposed on the Great Jamahiriyah (Libya)." The aircraft was participating in a cloud-seeding project, Jana said.

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