This child is the only survivor of an air crash which claimed the lives of 103 people.
The ten-year-old Dutch boy was plucked from the remains of the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330, which broke up on landing in Libya yesterday.
The youngster was recovering in hospital last night but amazingly did not have life-threatening injuries.
EU parliament president Jerzy Buzek hailed news of the boy’s survival as “truly a miracle”.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry said diplomats were planning to visit the child as soon as possible to establish his identity.
“One of our colleagues in Tripoli was told by a doctor that he has broken bones and was being operated on,” a spokesman said.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende reacted with “shock” and Queen Beatrix’s press office said she was “horrified”, as it was revealed 61 Dutch people were among the dead passengers.
The plane arriving from South Africa disintegrated on landing at Tripoli airport.
Witnesses spoke of the plane inexplicably breaking up as it came down to land in clear weather.
Investigators sift the debris after air disaster in Libya kills 103 people
A Libyan plane arriving from South Africa disintegrated on landing at Tripoli airport, killing 103 people but leaving
a boy as the miracle survivor.
Dutch, Libyans, Africans and Europeans were among the dead.
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