Child survives Yemeni plane crash.Summary: Rescue workers have reportedly pulled a child alive from the sea where a Yemenia Airways plane crashed with 153 people on board. Rescue workers have reportedly pulled a child alive from the sea where a Yemenia Airways plane crashed with 153 people on board. A doctor in the Comoros, which lies 190 miles northwest of Madagascar and a similar distance east off the African mainland, said the child had been plucked alive from the sea and was being taken to a medical centre. The manager of the international airport in Moroni - the capital of the main island of the Comoros archipelago Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. and the plane's intended destination - said the boy was five. He added that five bodies had also been found. Debris believed to be from the Yemeni Airbus A310-300 was earlier spotted off the Comoros in the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. . The plane - with 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew - was flying from Sanaa to Moroni, when it went down in choppy chop·py 1 adj. chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas. [From chop1. seas as it tried to land. There were 66 French nationals on board and two of the country's military planes and a French ship have left the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and Reunion to search for the Yemenia aircraft. A Yemeni aviation official said there were also nationals from Canada, Comoros, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, the Palestinian territories This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. For more on their geography, demographics and general history, see West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Palestinian territories , the Philippines and Yemen on the plane. It is the second tragedy in recent weeks for France after an Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde Airbus A330-200 crashed into the Atlantic off the coast of Brazil on June 1, killing all 228 people on board. A United Nations official at the airport said the control tower had received notification the plane was coming into land, and then lost contact with it. Yemenia is 51 per cent owned by the Yemeni government and 49 per cent owned by the Saudi Arabian government. Its fleet includes two Airbus 330-200s, four Airbus 310-300s and four Boeing 737-800s, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company website. France and the Comoros have enjoyed close ties since the islands' independence in 1975. The French Foreign Ministry estimates 200,000 people from Comoros live in mainland France. The Comoros covers three small volcanic islands - Grande Comore Grande Comore (also known as Ngazidja and Ngasidja, and erroneously as Njazidja) is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. , Anjouan and Moheli - in the Mozambique channel Mozambique Channel Strait, western Indian Ocean. Located between Madagascar and Mozambique, it is about 950 mi (1,530 km) long, 250–625 mi (400–1,000 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 10,000 ft (3,000 m). . Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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