Swansea woman among plane victims

The plane wreckage in Libya

A Swansea woman was among 103 people killed in a plane crash at Tripoli airport in Libya, it has emerged.

Priscilla Savathree Collick, 52, from Waunarlwydd, was on board the Afriqiyah Airways jet that crashed on Wednesday.

A mother of two who worked at an Asda store in Llanelli, she was reportedly visiting family in South Africa.

The Foreign Office has confirmed that two British nationals died when the Airbus 330 crashed as it arrived from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Only one person, a Dutch boy, survived the crash.

Aviation officials in Libya are investigating the cause.

The flight recorders have been recovered and handed over to analysts.

Police and rescue workers wearing surgical masks and gloves have been combing the wreckage of the plane near the runway.

The boy who was the sole survivor is being treated in hospital.

Dutch officials said 61 of their nationals were killed in the crash.

Other passengers included nationals from Libya, South Africa, Germany, the UK and France.

The plane was carrying 93 passengers and 11 crew.

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