Child Survives Crash of Yemeni Jet Carrying 153 the Indian Ocean

Survives Crash of Yemeni Jet Carrying

The rescued child was 5 years old and the flight also had at least three babies, Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief Mohammed Abdul Qader said.

A passenger jet carrying 153 people from Yemen crashed into the Indian Ocean in bad weather early Tuesday while trying to land at the island nation of Comoros. Search teams rescued a child from the sea, officials said, but there was no word on other survivors.

A Yemeni airliner with 153 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago.



Qader said "The weather was very bad ... the wind was very strong," he said, adding the windy conditions were hampering rescue efforts. He said the wind was 40 miles per hour (61 kph) as the plane was landing.

Air France Airbus A330-200 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean May 31, killing all 228 people on board, as it flew from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

the senior commander for French forces in the southern Indian Ocean, said the Airbus 310 crashed in deep waters about 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) north of the Comoran coast and 21 miles (34 kilometers) from the Moroni airport.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy "expressed his deep emotion" about the crash and asked the French military to help in the rescue operation, particularly from the French islands of Mayotte and Reunion.