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| A Yemeni airliner with 153 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. | A Yemeni airliner with 153 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. |
| "We don't know if there are any survivors," Comoros Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told Reuters news agency. | "We don't know if there are any survivors," Comoros Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told Reuters news agency. |
| The Airbus 310 was operated by the Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, and flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. | The Airbus 310 was operated by the Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, and flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. |
| Reports say it was due in the Comoros capital Moroni at about 0230 (0030 BST). Most of the passengers were believed to be travelling from Paris. | Reports say it was due in the Comoros capital Moroni at about 0230 (0030 BST). Most of the passengers were believed to be travelling from Paris. |
| Airline officials said there were 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew on board, adding that most of the passengers were Comoran or French. | Airline officials said there were 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew on board, adding that most of the passengers were Comoran or French. |
| "The weather conditions were rough; strong wind and high seas," official Mohammad al-Sumairi told Reuters news agency. | "The weather conditions were rough; strong wind and high seas," official Mohammad al-Sumairi told Reuters news agency. |
| The three islands of Comoros are about 300km (190 miles) northwest of Madagascar in the Mozambique channel. | The three islands of Comoros are about 300km (190 miles) northwest of Madagascar in the Mozambique channel. |
| The exact location of the crash was not immediately known. | The exact location of the crash was not immediately known. |
| RECENT AIR CRASHES 1 June: An Air France Airbus plane travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappears in the Atlantic with 228 people on board12 February: A plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground8 February: A plane crashes into a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, killing 24 people Timeline of air disasters | RECENT AIR CRASHES 1 June: An Air France Airbus plane travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappears in the Atlantic with 228 people on board12 February: A plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground8 February: A plane crashes into a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, killing 24 people Timeline of air disasters |
| But a civil aviation official told the BBC that the plane was probably a few kilometres from Moroni, on the island of Njazidja (Grande Comore), when it crashed. | |
| There were unconfirmed reports that it had attempted to land but aborted the landing. It was not seen again. | There were unconfirmed reports that it had attempted to land but aborted the landing. It was not seen again. |
| A search is under way, involving two French military aircraft and a French vessel, the director general of Moroni International Airport, Hadji Madi Ali, told Reuters. | A search is under way, involving two French military aircraft and a French vessel, the director general of Moroni International Airport, Hadji Madi Ali, told Reuters. |
| A resident near the airport told the BBC about 100 people were trying to get into the airport to find out more information, but without much success. | A resident near the airport told the BBC about 100 people were trying to get into the airport to find out more information, but without much success. |
| In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian airliner came down in the same area - most of the 175 passengers and crew were killed. | In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian airliner came down in the same area - most of the 175 passengers and crew were killed. |
| On 1 June an Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board. | On 1 June an Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board. |
| The cause of that crash has not been identified. | The cause of that crash has not been identified. |
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