Yemen Airbus crashes off Comoros with 153 aboard (AFP)

A man at Marseille airport comforts a relative of a passenger who was travelling on a Yemenia Airbus which crashed into stormy seas as it came into land in the Comoros islands. There were 153 people on board when the jet went down but rescuers have managed to pull a child survirvor from the water, officials say.(AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)AFP – A Yemeni Airbus carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean as it came into land in the Comoros islands early on Tuesday but rescuers managed to pull a child survivor from the water, officials said.


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