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| Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard (Airbus A-310) |
| 2009-06-30 |
| (Another Airbus in the drink) A Yemeni jetliner with more than 150 people aboard has crashed in the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, aviation officials in Yemen said Tuesday. An Airbus 310 like the one pictured has crashed while on the way to the capital of Comoros. The jet was en route to Moroni, the capital of Comoros, from Yemen's capital Sanaa when it crashed about an hour before reaching its destination, officials from the national airline Yemenia said. There was no immediate news of the fate of those on board. Yemenia Flight 626 left Sanaa at 9:30 p.m. for what was expected to be a 4Å“-hour flight. The airline has three regular flights per week to Moroni, off the east coast of Africa about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) south of Yemen. Most of the 143 passengers aboard the Airbus A310 were Comoran, an official at Sanaa's international airport said. The aircraft also carried a crew of 11, for a total of 154 people on board. There has been no indication of foul play behind the crash, the officials said. The crash is the second involving an Airbus jet in a month. On June 1, an Air France Airbus A330 crashed off Brazil while en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. All 228 aboard are presumed dead. The cause remains under investigation. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #9 There is a survivor - a 14-or-15 year old gir. The French are helping search for survivors. Lots of additional information in this article. Apparently the plane had been banned from flying in EU airspace since 2007 for maintenance reasons. The flight still originated in Paris, if I read the article right. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-06-30 18:51 |
| #8 A French plane with a Yemeni crew? I think I'd take a boat. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-06-30 15:57 |
| #7 Probably want to see the passenger list before discussing likely causes. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2009-06-30 12:40 |
| #6 Yemen, Russia, Greece... inshallah maintenance would be my first bet. Especially if any Jewish employees recently wandered off the reservation in the direction of Israel. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-30 10:08 |
| #5 Anyone besides me no longer believe in Airbus coincidences? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-30 09:04 |
| #4 when it crashed about an hour before reaching its destination News reports said the plane crashed during landing in bad weather. One report said the plane aborted one landing and was going around for a second attempt when it crashed. Hope it wasn't something as stupid as running out of fuel as the plane burned more fuel in bad weather and the go around. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-06-30 08:35 |
| #3 Given the operator of the airline I would initially suspect insh'Allah maintenance before Airbus or weather. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-06-30 07:48 |
| #2 this flight, like the Rio to Paris flight, also crosses the equator and the inter tropical convergence zone |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2009-06-30 06:39 |
| #1 I noticed some sites failing to mention the make of the airframe. |
| Posted by: Sockpuppet of Doom 2009-06-30 03:54 |