Comoros says flight data recorder from crashed Yemenia flight located, recovery under wayAugust 28th, 2009 Comoros says Yemenia black box recovery under wayPARIS — The Comoros investigation team says the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed June 30 off the Comoros Islands has been located and recovery operations have started. The announcement represents an important step in the investigation of the crash that killed 152 people flying from Paris to Moroni, the Comoros capital, via Yemen.
Underwater robots reach site of Yemen plane's crash in Indian Ocean nation of ComorosAugust 20th, 2009 Underwater robots reach site of Indian Ocean crashPARIS — France says a ship carrying an underwater robot has arrived at the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros to retrieve the flight recorders from the Yemenia Airways plane crash. One girl survived the June 30 ocean crash and the other 152 people aboard the Comoros-bound flight were killed.
French navy detects the black boxes from Yemenia Airways plane that crashed near ComorosJuly 23rd, 2009 French navy detects Comoros crash black boxesPARIS — A French navy vessel has detected the black boxes of a Yemenia Airways plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands, the ship's captain said Thursday. Comoran and French authorities, meanwhile, were still investigating the cause of the June 30 crash that left a 12-year-old girl as the only known survivor out of 153 people aboard.
Searchers find body in sea off Comoros, but say it's not from fatal plane crashJuly 6th, 2009 Body found in sea off Comoros not from plane crashNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says a body has been found in the Indian Ocean but it is not related to the Yemenia Airways plane crash that killed 152 people last week. A search and rescue official says a body was found Sunday off the island of Anjouan.
Yemeni authorities say parts of plane wreckage recovered off Comoros islandsJuly 4th, 2009 Yemen says plane wreckage recovered off ComorosSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation committee says pieces of wreckage from the passenger jet that crashed off the Comoros islands have been recovered. The committee overseeing the investigation says divers brought up pieces of the Airbus 310's fuselage.
Teenage survivor of jet crash 'doing well'; plane went down with 153 on boardJuly 1st, 2009 Teenage survivor of jet crash 'doing well'MORONI, Comoros — A nurse says a teenager belived to be the only survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash is "doing well" in a hospital in Comoros. Said Mohammed, a nurse at El Mararouf hospital, said Wednesday doctors would release more on the girl's condition later Wednesday.
French transport minister says 1 black box of crashed Yemeni jet found in Indian OceanJuly 1st, 2009 French: 1 black box found from Yemeni plane crashPARIS — France's transport minister says one of the black boxes of the Yemeni jetliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been found. Dominique Bussereau told reporters after a government meeting in Paris on Wednesday that "we have found a black box" of the Airbus A310.
Yemen Airways plane carrying 153 crashes in Indian OceanJune 30th, 2009 LONDON - A Yemen Airways passenger plane with over 150 people on board crashed into waters close to the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday. There were 142 passengers and 11 crewmembers on board and their fate was not immediately known.
Bodies of Yemen Airways crash victims spotted (Second Lead)June 30th, 2009 SANA'A - Eyewitnesses have spotted bodies and an oil slick in waters near the Comoros Islands following the crash of a Yemen Airways flight with 153 people on board in the India Ocean early Tuesday, Yemeni officials said Tuesday. "Some bodies were seen in the area of the crash," said Muhammed Abdul-Qadber, chairman of the Yemeni National Civil Aviation Association.
Comoros police official: Toddler rescued alive from Airbus 310 crash off Indian Ocean islandJune 30th, 2009 Comoros: Child rescued alive in Airbus 310 crashCAIRO — A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued alive from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island. Immigrations officer with the Comoros operations, Rachida Abdullah, says a toddler was rescued from the crash site Tuesday.
Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros with 142 passengers, 11 crew; child rescued from the seaJune 30th, 2009 Plane with 153 crashes off Comoros, child rescuedMORONI, Comoros — Reports that a 5-year-old boy survived a jetliner crash in the Indian Ocean are now in question. Rachida Abdullah is an immigrations officer in the Comoros, where the plane went down.
Toddler rescued from Airbus 310 crash off Indian Ocean island, Comoros police official saysJune 30th, 2009 Child rescued in jet crash off Indian Ocean islandCAIRO — A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island. Immigrations officer with the Comoros operations, Rachida Abdullah, says a toddler was rescued from the crash site Tuesday.
Yemeni official: Yemenia Air plane bound for Comoros in Indian Ocean crashesJune 30th, 2009 Yemen official: Comoros-bound plane crashesSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said. The official said the plane was going from the Yemen capital San'a to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.
French inspectors found faults with Yemeni Airways jetJune 30th, 2009 France found faults with crashed Yemeni planePARIS — France's transport minister says French aviation inspectors found a "number of faults" during a 2007 inspection of a plane that has crashed in the Indian Ocean. The passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros.
Yemeni airport official: Plane that crashed off Comoros had 142 passengers, 11 crew on boardJune 30th, 2009 Yemen: Comoros-bound plane had 153 on boardSAN'A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation official says the Yemeni Airbus 310 that crashed off the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean had 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board. Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief Mohammed Abdul Qader says the majority of the passengers were from the Comoros.
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