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Yemenia Airline Crashes Near Comoros

An Airbus A310, from the national airline Yemenia on route to Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean with 150 passengers on board. No information is avilable about the passengers and the crew. The cause of the Yemenia airline crash is not known yet.

Yemenia airlines with 150 passengers on board crashed in the Indian Ocean. An official in the Arab Republic of Yemen reported. Al Jazeera and CNN also report the sad news.

According to the Qatari television channel Al-Jazeera, airliner Airbus A-310 crashed in the morning hours in the Indian ocean near the Comoros Islands. The fate of the passengers, most of whom, according to the television, the residents of the island state, and the crew information is not reported.

The exact place of crash has not yet been determined, also do not know what could cause a catastrophe.

This is the second Airbus crashing withing a month. Earlier this month Air France Airbus A330 crashed off Brazil while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, France. It took 228 lives.

Comoros Islands are located in the Mozambique Channel between the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and East Africa. Comoros is comprising of three large islands: Grande Comore, Anjouan, Moheli and several smaller islands.

Written by Armen Hareyan

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