Geolocation
Airwars assessment
One civilian was allegedly injured in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Misurata Airport.
Afrigate News reported: “The airstrike on Misrata airport on Saturday targeted a mobile generator with “detectors” lamps and damaged two civilian planes with shrapnel and injured an employee of the airport handling company, the Interior Ministry said.”
Alayam Ly published a similar report.
Al Motawaset said: “A briefing on the Volcano of Anger [GNA] that the bombing caused the injury of an aviation officer at the airport, where he was taken to hospital for treatment in addition to damage to some airport facilities.”
The Libya Observer tweeted: “Flights at Misrata Int’l Airport were suspended after warlord Khalifa Haftar’s airforce militia, backed by France, UAE and Egypt, conducted an airstrike on the airport Saturday morning, wounding one worker and causing damage to two planes for Libya Wings and Libyan Airlines.”
Other sources only reported bombing at Misurata Airport, without mentioning civilian harm. Some accused the LNA, others the UAE of conducting the strike.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Misurata Airport (مطار مصراتة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.333406, 15.046019. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Car damaged by an airtrike on Misurata on October 5th, 2019 (via Libya Observer)
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Plane damaged by an airstrike on Misurata on October 5th, 2019 (via Libya Observer)
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Shrapnel after an airstrike on Misurata on October 5th, 2019 (via Libya Observer)
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Shrapnel after an airstrike on Misurata on October 5th, 2019 (via Libya Observer)
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Car damaged after an airstrike on Misurata on October 5th, 2019 (via Tk Yahroug Kl shy)