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Wed, 07/01/2009 - 12:31
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Fate of 153 passengers, crew still unclear after Yemeni jet crashes

COMOROS, June 30 (Saba) – A Yemeni airliner with 142 passengers
along with a crew of 11 onboard crashed early Tuesday in the Indian
Ocean near the Moroni port of the Comorian capital.

A source at the Flight Safety Department at the Sana'a International
Airport has said that the airbus A310-300 was en route from Yemen to
the Comoros Republic and carrying French and Comorian people.

The accident took place at 1:35 am, Moroni local time.

Preliminary reports blamed the crash on tough weather.

Rescuer teams have been sent to the crash site.


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