Yemeni Plane Crash

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  • July 2: Bahia Bakari, aged 14, right, believed to be the only survivor of the Yemenia Airbus 310 crash is brought back to France on a French Government plane
  • July 2: Kassim Bakari, left, the father of 14-year old Bahia Bakari, the girl believed to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A 310 jet, is seen with Dominique Bussereau, France's transport minister during a press conference at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris
  • July 1: Comorans wait for news near the beach in Moroni, Comoros, after the crash of a Yemenia Airbus 310 jet on Tuesday. The Yemenia Airbus 310 jet was carrying 153 people to the island nation of Comoros when it crashed into the sea early Tuesday as it attempted to land in the dark amid howling winds. Bahia Bakari, a teenage girl who is the only known survivor of the Yemeni jet crash clung to wreckage for more than 13 hours before rescuers found her floating in the Indian Ocean, a French official said Wednesday.
  • July 1: Rescuer gather at Galawa Beach, 35 kilometers from Moroni, Comoros, as they prepare to search the area. A teenage girl is the only known survivor of a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, early Tuesday, as it attempted to land in the dark amid howling winds.
  • July 1: A woman sits outside the El Maaruf Hospital in Moroni, Comoros. Bahia Bakari aged 14 who is the only known survivor of the Yemenia Airbus 310 which crash early Tuesday is in the Comoros hospital. Bahia clung to wreckage for more than 13 hours before rescuers found her floating in the Indian Ocean, a French official said Wednesday. Bahia is reported to be conscious with bruises on her face and a gauze bandage on her elbow.
  • July 1: Unidentified relatives of passengers react , after being shown the list of passengers on board a Yemenia jet, during a statement for the Comoros Islands community at La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, France, Tuesday June 30, 2009 after a Yeminia jet with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros. The majority of the passengers were from the Comoros islands, returning home from Paris or Marseille.
  • July 1: This is a Jan. 23, 2004 image released by the French Navy on Tuesday June 30, 2009, the Patrol Ship P400 "La Rieuse" P690 is seen on Jan. 23, 2004 at an undisclosed location. The patrol ship sent by the French Navy on Tuesday June 30, 2009 from the Madagascar Island as part of searching operations following the crash of the Yemenia Airways Airbus that occured Tuesday near the Island of Comoros, is due to reach its destination Wednesday.
  • July 1: In this undated photo released by Airbus Industries, one of its A310 passenger planes, the same type that crashed in the Indian Ocean Tuesday, June 30, 2006, is seen flying somewhere in an undisclosed location. A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, June 30, 2009 a Yemen airport official said. The official said the plane was going from the Yemen capital San'a to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore. It was not known how many passengers were on board the Airbus 310 or the status of the passengers and crew.