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Yemen plane's black box located Yemen plane's black box located
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One of the black box flight recorders from the Yemeni plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday has been located, a French official has said.One of the black box flight recorders from the Yemeni plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday has been located, a French official has said.
Efforts to retrieve the recorder will begin during the day, the official added, quoted by AFP news agency.Efforts to retrieve the recorder will begin during the day, the official added, quoted by AFP news agency.
The plane came down in bad weather with 153 people on board. Only one survivor, a 14-year-old girl, has been found. The plane came down in bad weather with 153 people on board. Only one survivor was found but rescue efforts continue.
There were 66 French nationals on board the plane, which was flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa to the Comoros.There were 66 French nationals on board the plane, which was flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa to the Comoros.
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Most of the plane's passengers had flown on a different Yemenia aircraft from Paris or Marseille before boarding flight IY626 in Sanaa.Most of the plane's passengers had flown on a different Yemenia aircraft from Paris or Marseille before boarding flight IY626 in Sanaa.
"The black box's signal was located yesterday [Tuesday] at 1630 local time (1230 GMT) by an aerial patrol, 40 km [25 miles] from Grande Comore," a spokeswoman for Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet said. "The black box's signal was located yesterday [Tuesday] at 1630 local time (1230 GMT) by an aerial patrol, 40 km [25 miles] from Grande Comore," a spokeswoman for Co-operation Minister Alain Joyandet said.
A French vessel has been sent to the site to start recovery operations, she added. 'Still hope'
The French transport ministry had earlier said the Airbus 310 plane had been banned from France because of "irregularities". A French vessel has been sent to the site to start recovery operations, she added. French rescue teams are already involved in the search for survivors.
Apart from the 14-year-old girl found alive, no other survivors from the plane have been found, and rescuers say chances of finding more are slim.
"Up to now we haven't found any other survivors, but we haven't given up hope," Comoros Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told Reuters news agency.
Sources close to the Comoran rescue team say the only survivor was being treated in hospital and her condition had improved.
It is believed the girl lives in Marseille and was travelling with her mother to the Comoros.
The French transport ministry had earlier said the Airbus 310 plane which crashed had been banned from France because of "irregularities".
But Yemenia responded by criticising "false information and speculation about technical problems" on the plane.
The crash was the second involving an Airbus aircraft in recent weeks. 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 crash was the second involving an Airbus aircraft in recent weeks. 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.
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