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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.
"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," Comoros vice-president Idi Nadhoim told Reuters news agency.
The plane belonged to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, he said. The Airbus 310 was operated by the Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air. The details of the flight are not known.
However reports say there was a flight from Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, due about 0230 (0030 BST). That flight was a connecting flight from Paris.
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. RECENT AIRBUS 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 passenger plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground8 February: A passenger plane crashes into a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, killing 24 people, most of whom were from the same family class="" href="/2/hi/in_depth/2008892.stm">Timeline of air disasters
The exact location of the crash was not immediately known.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. But a civil aviation official told the BBC that the plane was probably a few kilometres from the airport in the capital, Moroni, when it crashed.
Weather conditions had not been good for several days, he added.
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.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.
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