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70505
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 15:34
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Mass rally calls for unbiased body to investigate Yemenia plane crash
SANA'A, July 14 (Saba) - A mass rally called Tuesday on the government for speeding its request for interference of an international impartial body to take part in the investigation into the crash of the Yemenia jetliner off the Comoros islands last
month.
The rally was organized by Civil Society Organizations (SCOs), topped by unions of
Yemenia Airways' employees in front of the cabinet's premises in the capital Sana'a.
The demonstrators held banners and repeated acclaims denouncing the slow in the
operations of research and delaying retrieving the two black boxes, though over two
weeks have passed since the accident occurred, a matter which rises up questions and
doubts on the main cause behind the disaster.
The rally asked the government to deal seriously with what media outlets have
reported over information and evidences indicate strongly that the Yemeni jetliner
was hit by a rocket fired by one of naval ships existed in the accident area, noting
that requires an unbiased international criminal investigation to uncover the facts.
The marchers condemned the attack and biased dealings by some French media against
Yemenia Airways Company without waiting for the investigation's results as other
aviation accidents occurred in the world.
They considered the unfortunate attack can not be faced by silence, as it does not
only target Yemenia's fame but also Yemen as a whole.
The protesters handed over a letter to Prime Minister Ali Mujawar including an
appeal to the government to speed up forming an international and fair team to join
the operations of research and recovering the two black boxes and investigating the
disaster as well as announcing its findings to the public.
On the other hand, Chairman of the board of directors of the Yemenia Airways Abdul
Khaliq al-Qadhi said that France has not showed much cooperation in finding facts
about the crash of a Yemenia jetliner into the Indian Ocean this month, refusing to
conduct DNA tests on found bodies and delaying retrieving the black boxes.
Al-Qadhi said there was no evidence confirmed that the airplane was hit by a missile.
On June 30th, a Yemenia flight IY 626 plunged into the Indian Ocean off Comoros with
153 people, passengers and a crew of 11, onboard.
Only one French teenager could survive the disaster.
Some pieces of the jetliner including large ones and about 20 bodies have been
recovered. Search continues for the black boxes.
According to French authorities the crash site is rocky and too difficult to reach
something by divers.
BA/AF
month.
The rally was organized by Civil Society Organizations (SCOs), topped by unions of
Yemenia Airways' employees in front of the cabinet's premises in the capital Sana'a.
The demonstrators held banners and repeated acclaims denouncing the slow in the
operations of research and delaying retrieving the two black boxes, though over two
weeks have passed since the accident occurred, a matter which rises up questions and
doubts on the main cause behind the disaster.
The rally asked the government to deal seriously with what media outlets have
reported over information and evidences indicate strongly that the Yemeni jetliner
was hit by a rocket fired by one of naval ships existed in the accident area, noting
that requires an unbiased international criminal investigation to uncover the facts.
The marchers condemned the attack and biased dealings by some French media against
Yemenia Airways Company without waiting for the investigation's results as other
aviation accidents occurred in the world.
They considered the unfortunate attack can not be faced by silence, as it does not
only target Yemenia's fame but also Yemen as a whole.
The protesters handed over a letter to Prime Minister Ali Mujawar including an
appeal to the government to speed up forming an international and fair team to join
the operations of research and recovering the two black boxes and investigating the
disaster as well as announcing its findings to the public.
On the other hand, Chairman of the board of directors of the Yemenia Airways Abdul
Khaliq al-Qadhi said that France has not showed much cooperation in finding facts
about the crash of a Yemenia jetliner into the Indian Ocean this month, refusing to
conduct DNA tests on found bodies and delaying retrieving the black boxes.
Al-Qadhi said there was no evidence confirmed that the airplane was hit by a missile.
On June 30th, a Yemenia flight IY 626 plunged into the Indian Ocean off Comoros with
153 people, passengers and a crew of 11, onboard.
Only one French teenager could survive the disaster.
Some pieces of the jetliner including large ones and about 20 bodies have been
recovered. Search continues for the black boxes.
According to French authorities the crash site is rocky and too difficult to reach
something by divers.
BA/AF
