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| A Yemeni airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago, officials there say. | A Yemeni airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago, officials there say. |
| "We don't know if there are any survivors among the 150 people on the plane," the Comoros vice-president told Reuters news agency. | "We don't know if there are any survivors among the 150 people on the plane," the Comoros vice-president told Reuters news agency. |
| The plane belonged to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, he said. | The plane belonged to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, he said. |
| 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. |
| Comoros vice-president Idi Nadhoim, speaking from the airport at the main island's capital Moroni, said the accident happened early on Tuesday. | |
| The exact location of the crash was not immediately known. | |
| The details of the flight are also unknown, but there was a flight from Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, due about 0230 (0030 BST). That flight was a connecting flight from Paris. | The details of the flight are also unknown, but there was a flight from Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, due about 0230 (0030 BST). That flight was a connecting flight from Paris. |
| 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. |
| Reports say the plane is an Airbus 310. | |
| On 1 June an Air France Airbus 320 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board. |