Tanzania officials: 13 bodies, debris possibly linked to crashed Yemenia plane found

August 29th, 2009 2nd black box recovered from Comoros plane crashMORONI, Comoros — Authorities say they have recovered the second of two black boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean in June with 153 people aboard. Col. Ismael Daho in charge of the Comoran crisis unit set up to deal with the crash says the plane's voice recorder was recovered Saturday.

August 28th, 2009 Comoros: Yemenia flight data recorder is foundMORONI, Comoros — An international team on Friday retrieved a slightly damaged flight data recorder from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed in the Indian Ocean on June 30, killing 152 people, Comoros-based officials said. The black box was picked up underwater off the coast of the island nation's capital, Moroni, according to a statement released by the Comoros-based investigation team.

August 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.

August 28th, 2009 Comoros: Yemenia flight data recorder foundMORONI, Comoros — Investigators on Friday retrieved the slightly damaged flight data recorder and 10 more bodies from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean June 30, officials said. The black box was found underwater off the coast of the island nation's capital, Moroni, according to the Comoros-based aviation investigation team.

July 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.

July 23rd, 2009 French navy homes in on Comoros crash black boxesPARIS — A French navy vessel has pinpointed the location of 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 are 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.

July 12th, 2009 Relatives of plane crash victims to visit ComorosPARIS — At least 150 family members of those who died on Yemenia Airways Flight 626 landed Monday in the Comoros Islands aboard a chartered French airplane, company officials said. Yemenia organized the special flight for relatives of victims and its insurance company paid for it.

July 9th, 2009 3 more possible plane bodies found in TanzaniaARUSHA, Tanzania — Three more bodies were found off Tanzania Thursday, bringing the total to 16, as the French navy arrived to assist in the search for wreckage and remains from a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean. Only one of the 153 people on board Yemenia Airways Flight 626, 12-year-old Bahia Bakari, survived the June 30 crash off the coast of Comoros.

July 9th, 2009 ARUSHA, Tanzania — An official from a Tanzanian island says the French navy has arrived to assist with the search for remains of a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard. Only one person survived last week's crash off the coast of Comoros and currents are believed to have carried debris from the plane and bodies over 500 miles (800 kilometers) to the shores of Tanzania.

July 9th, 2009 2 more possible plane bodies found in TanzaniaARUSHA, Tanzania — Two more bodies were recovered in Tanzania as the French navy arrived Thursday to assist with the search for wreckage and remains from a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard. Only one person, a 12-year-old girl, survived the June 30 crash of Yemenia Airways Flight 626 off the coast of Comoros.

July 8th, 2009 13 bodies found in Tanzania; Plane crash ties eyedARUSHA, Tanzania — Thirteen bodies, a plane seat and a piece of metal stamped "Airbus" washed ashore in Tanzania and French investigators were trying to determine Wednesday if they were linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away. Manzie Mangochie, district commissioner for Tanzania's largely undeveloped Mafia Island, said the bodies appeared to be of both African and European descent and included three women.

July 8th, 2009 Search for missing plane debris widens to TanzaniaARUSHA, Tanzania — An airline seat and a sheet of metal with an "Airbus" inscription washed ashore in Tanzania, officials said Wednesday, as two French investigators arrived to see if the debris was linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away. The search for the remains of Flight 626 has widened since the plane crashed June 30 while trying to land in the Comoros with 153 passengers aboard.

July 7th, 2009 Yemen: 8 bodies in Tanzania may be from air crashNAIROBI, Kenya — Eight bodies that have washed ashore in Tanzania may be from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard, Yemeni authorities said Tuesday. Only one 12-year-old girl survived the crash.

July 7th, 2009 Divers, investigators in Comoros search for planeNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says little debris and no bodies from the crashed Yemenia Airways plane have been found, but predicts that will change once the exact location of the plane's black boxes are pinpointed. One 12-year-old girl survived by clinging to floating debris for up to 13 hours after the June 30 plane crash, but 152 other passengers and crew are still missing from Flight 626.

June 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.