One survivor of Yemenia Airways crash found: Report
June 30th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANSParis, June 30 (DPA) Searchers have found a survivor of early Tuesday’s crash of a Yemenia Airways flight with 153 people on board, French i-tele reported, citing information from the airline.
In addition, three bodies are reported to have been recovered from the waters some 10 kilometres off the coast of the Comoros Islands.
The Airbus A310 aircraft was en route from Yemen to Moroni, the capital of the Comoros Islands, when flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 1.51 a.m. (2351 GMT Monday).
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