Child found alive from debris of crashed Yemen airliner_English

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhuanet) -- A child was rescued from the site where a Yemeni airliner crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands Tuesday. Three bodies have also been retrieved, along with debris from the plane.

Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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The Airbus A310 plane, from Yemen's national airline Yemenia Air, crashed in stormy weather as it was approaching Comoros en route from Yemen, with 153 people, including an 11-member crew, on board.

According to reports, the five-year-old boy was pulled from the wreckage of the plane in the Indian Ocean.

France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau (L) speaks to the media as he leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 30, 2009. The airline said one survivor had been rescued from the sea.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Yemeni Airliner plunged into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday morning while flying from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to Moroni on the main island of Grand Comore.

(Agencies)

Bodies, debris from Yemeni crashed flight found off Comoros

ANTANANARIVO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Bodies and debris from a Yemeni flight, which crashed about 8 to 12 km off Comoros early on Tuesday morning, have reportedly been found.

"A research aircraft found some debris of the plane near the supposed area of the sea," a senior official of the Agency for Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar Ibrahim Kassim said in Moroni, capital of Comoros. Full story

Yemeni airliner crashes in Comoros with 150 on board, airport employee confirms

SANA'A, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni airliner with more than 150 people on board crashed in the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, an employee working at Yemen's airport control tower confirmed with Xinhua.

A Yemenia airlines Airbus 310-300 taxis on the tarmac of Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris in this July 27, 2002 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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The employee said on condition of anonymity that an Airbus A310 belonging to Yemenia Air crashed with 150 people on board some 15 minutes before its landing in Moroni, capital of Comoros. Full story