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Yemeni Plane Crashes Into Indian Ocean

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land in bad weather on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on June 30, 2009.

July 2

Bahia Bakari, 12, lies in a stretcher on a plane next to her father Kassim Bakari, upon arrival at the Bourget airport, outside Paris, after she miraculously survived the Yemeni plane crash off the Comoros islands. After being ejected from the plane into pitch-black Indian Ocean waters, the 12-year-old girl was rescued in the sea amid debris and dead bodies. The A310 had aborted a landing and was making a second attempt when it crashed.

Stephane De Sakutin-AFP/Getty Images

July 2

The president of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, right, meets personnel from the French navy at Galawa Beach, where a rescue center is based. An airliner with 153 people on board belonging to Yemen's state airline Yemenia crashed into choppy seas as it came in to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.

Sayyid Azim-AP

July 2

Rescue workers stand at Galawa Beach in Comoros where a rescue center is based.

Sayyid Azim-AP

July 2

French air force personnel participate in a search effort off the coast of Comoros where Airbus A310, operated by Yemenia airlines, is believed to have gone down. Efforts to locate the wreckage and bodies of some 152 passengers are continuing.

Tony Karumba-AFP/Getty Images

July 2

The French Frigate Nivose is seen through the window of a French air force plane participating in the search effort off the coast of Comoros where Yemenia Airbus A310 is believed to have gone down.

Tony Karumba-AFP/Getty Images

July 2

Comorans and relatives of passengers demonstrate at Marseille Airport, in southern France. Some 200 Comorans staged a second day of protests at Marseille airport to highlight what they call poor safety on Yemenia planes, while other protesters shut down two travel agents selling Yemenia tickets.

Gerard Julien-AFP/Getty Images

July 2

Comoros Islands residents block access to the Yemenia Airways desk at Marseille Airport in Marignane, southern France.

Claude Paris-AP

July 1

Comorans wait for news near the beach in Moroni, Comoros, after the crash of Yemenia Airbus 310 jet. The jet was carrying 153 people to the island nation of Comoros when it crashed into the sea.

Sayyid Azim-AP

July 1

French Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet visits Bahia Bakari in her bed at the Moroni hospital after she miraculously survived the Yemenian airliner crash off the Comoros islands. The 13-year-old girl was rescued alive in the sea amid debris and dead bodies, and is the only survivor of the crash.

Stephane De Sakutin-AFP/Getty Images

Airport personnel from Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport in Monorni, Comoros, watch television to get information following the Yemenia airliner crash.

Stephane De Sakutin-AFP/Getty Images

Temporary medical posts are set up in the north of Comoros, near the site of the Yemenian airline crash off the Comoros islands.

Stephane De Sakutin-AFP/Getty Images

French Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet looks out from a helicopter onto the site of the Yemenia airliner crash.

Stephane De Sakutin-AFP/Getty Images

Relatives of the 142 passengers in the Yemenia airlines Airbus that crashed into stormy seas arrive at Marseille Marignane airport in France.

Anne-christine Poujoulat-AFP/Getty Images

France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau speaks to the media as he leaves the crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris.

Gonzalo Fuentes-Reuters

Aviation workers put up a board displaying information related to the Yemen Airways plane crash at the airport in San'a, Yemen.

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen similar to this one, crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land in bad weather in Comoros.

Thomas Noack-Reuters

Relatives weep after seeing the list of passengers on board the Yemenia jet at La Courneuve near Paris.

Francois Mori-AP

Comoros Islands Ambassador to France Abdallah Mirghane, right, flanked by French politician Daniel Goldberg, left, shows the list of passengers on board a Yemenia jet during a statement for the Comoros Islands community at La Courneuve near Paris.

Francois Mori-AP

Military personnel load a Transall plane bound for Moroni with first aid equipment on at Sainte-Marie de la Reunion airbase following the crash of a Yemeni passenger jet in the Indian Ocean.

Richard Bouhet-AFP/Getty Images

A policeman maintains order among relatives of missing passengers outside El-Maarouf National Hospital in Moroni, Comoros.

Thomas Mukoya-Reuters

A woman walks past a name plate at the entrance of Yemenia Airways company in Paris. An Airbus A310-300 with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into choppy seas off the Comoros Islands.

Mal Langsdon-Reuters

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