Airbus with 153 on board crashes (2)
A desperate search was underway last night after a Yemeni airliner with 153 people on board crashed in bad weather in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.
The Airbus 310, which belonged to the Yemeni state carrier Yemenia, was coming in to land on the main island, Grande Comoro, when it disappeared from radar screens.
As the first bodies were recovered from the site of the crash early today, a United Nations official at the airport said the control tower had lost contact with the plane after receiving notification that it was on its landing approach.
The plane, carrying 11 crew and 142 mainly French and Comoran passengers including three babies, left Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday and travelled to Marseille, then on to Sanaa in Yemen before heading towards Moroni, the capital of Comoros. It was due to land at 0230 local time (0030 BST).
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Updates:
1:10 pm EDT, June 30th, 2009 — France ‘banned Yemen crash plane’
1:14 pm EDT, June 30th,2009 — Comorans ‘warned of flight safety’
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fernstalbert Says:
Another Airbus crash in bad weather. I would hope that the airline industry is taking note and checking everything that is used on this plane.
Posted on June 30th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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