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| Yemen jet crashes in Indian Ocean | Yemen jet crashes in Indian Ocean |
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| A Yemeni airliner with about 150 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. The details of the flight are not known. | 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. | 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. |
| The exact location of the crash was not immediately known. | The exact location of the crash was not immediately known. |
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| But a civil aviation official told the BBC that the plane was probably a few kilometres from the capital, Moroni, when it crashed. | |
| Weather conditions had not been good for several days, he added. | 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. |
| 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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