Cape Town - South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday offered his condolences to the families of the victims on the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus crash in Libya in which more than 100 people died.
Speaking during his Budget Vote in Parliament, Zuma said "Let me take this opportunity to extend our condolences to the families of those who died aboard the Afriqiyah Airways flight from Johannesburg, which crashed near Tripoli, Libya.
"Our thoughts are with those who lost loved ones in this tragedy."
Among those missing was Frans Dreyer, 50, brother of South African Member of Parliament Anchen Dreyer. When Zuma spoke in Cape Town Ms Dreyer was on her way to Johannesburg to be with family of the father of four who is presumed to have died in the crash.
The Libyan government held a news conference in Tripoli following the plane crash at the city's international airport.
The crash killed 103 people, including 11 crew members. A 10-year-old boy miraculously survived the disaster and merely suffered a broken leg.
The airline confirmed that 58 Dutch, six South Africans, two Libyans, two Austrians, one German, one Zimbabwean, one French national, two British nationals, 19 Unknown (to be notified upon confirmation) and 11 Crew members (Libyan nationalities) were killed.
Mohamed Zaidan, Libyan Transport Minister, said, "Hospitals have so far received 96 victims bodies. The two black boxes have been located."
"A committee chaired by the civil aviation authority chairman and including aircraft specialists has been formed to investigate the causes of the crash.
"A representative of Airbus, which manufactures the plane has also been called," he said on Thursday
