(UPDATES) One survivor found from Yemeni Airbus crashed in Island of Comoros

One survivor found from the Yemenia Airbus 310 crashed in the Indian Ocean before 11 miles of landing near the port of Moroni of the Comorian capital carrying 153 passengers. Last contact with the airplane was at 1:53 am Tuesday, said a source at the Yemeni airlines.

"Authorities in Islands of Comoros have found some bodies but no details until now about the number of survivors and we are in constant contact with them for more details," said Mohammed Abdul-Qader, deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority at Yemeni.

The airplane captain was Captain Khalid Hajeb and there was only one Yemeni national onboard, said a source at the Yemenia operation room. The crew of crashed airplane consists of 6 Yemenis, two Moroccan women, an Indonesian woman, an Ethiopian woman and a Philippines woman.   

Abdul-Qader said that the velocity of wind was 61 km per hour. There were 142 passengers along with a crew of 11 onboard crashed. The airbus A310-300 was en route from Yemen to the Island of Comoros and carrying French and Comorian people. Preliminary reports said the cause of the crash was tough weather.

There were 66 French passengers onboard. Yemeni authorities have formed a committee headed by Minister of Transportation to follow up with the search and rescue teams.

The search for the Yemenis crashed airplane only started at 6:00 am Tuesday morning that is five hours after it crashed.

The Yemenia Airways is the national airline of Yemen, with 51 percent share by the Yemen government and 49 percent by the government of Saudi Arabia
 
Tuesday’s plane crash is the worst accident in the history of Yemenia Airlines, records showed. The airline was founded in 1961.  This crash is the third  incident of Yemenia. A Boeing 727-200 lost at Asmara International Airport in Asmara, Eritrea in August 2001. . In June 2000, the third Boeing plane lost at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan's capital Khartoum 

More details to be followed.

 

 

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