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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. A teenage girl was the only person found alive. | |
| 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. |
| See a map of the plane's route | See a map of the plane's route |
| 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 Co-operation 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. |
| 'Still hope' | 'Still hope' |
| 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. | 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. |
| She's a very timid girl, I never thought she would escape like that Father of survivor Baya Bakari Ties that bind: Comoros and France 'We are praying for a miracle' In pictures: Yemeni plane crash | She's a very timid girl, I never thought she would escape like that Father of survivor Baya Bakari Ties that bind: Comoros and France 'We are praying for a miracle' In pictures: Yemeni plane crash |
| 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. | 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. | "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, who has been named as Baya Bakari, was being treated in hospital and her condition had improved. | Sources close to the Comoran rescue team say the only survivor, who has been named as Baya Bakari, was being treated in hospital and her condition had improved. |
| The Associated Press news agency quoted her father as saying she had been travelling with her mother to the Comoros from Paris to visit family. | The Associated Press news agency quoted her father as saying she had been travelling with her mother to the Comoros from Paris to visit family. |
| He said she had been ejected from the plane when it came down and clung to debris until she was rescued. | |
| "She's a very timid girl, I never thought she would escape like that," he said, describing her as "fragile" and barely able to swim. | "She's a very timid girl, I never thought she would escape like that," he said, describing her as "fragile" and barely able to swim. |
| Doctors at the hospital said she had cuts to her face and a fractured collarbone, but was not in danger. | |
| "She is very calm given the shock she suffered," surgeon Ben Imani told Reuters. | |
| Angry protest | |
| France said the plane had been banned from its airspace | |
| The French transport ministry had earlier said the Airbus 310 plane which crashed had been banned from France because of "irregularities". | 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. | But Yemenia responded by criticising "false information and speculation about technical problems" on the plane. |
| Several Comoran expatriates angry with what they see as the poor state of the company's aircraft tried to stop passengers from checking in for another Yemenia flight leaving Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for Sanaa. | |
| About 60 people failed to check in, reports said, but it was not clear how many did so as a result of the protest. | |
| 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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