Comoros announces Yemenia plane black boxes damaged

YEMEN - The digital memories of the two black boxes recovered from the Yemenia Airbus A310 airliner have been damaged, according to a Cormoran investigator.

Talking to the press, the Comorian official, head of the Yemeni, French and Comorian joint committee for investigating the Yemeni plane which crashed off the coast of the Comoros in June, said that after opening the records and drying the memories the investigations revealed the extent of the damages suffered by the two digital memories.

He mentioned that the committee is still attempting to extract data, affirming that it has not been possible to present any explanation for the cause of the crash so far.

A second official told Saba that a representative from America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and another from the US manufacturing company of the plane's engines would participate in the Yemeni, French and Comorian joint committee's investigations.

The Yemeni Higher Committee for Aviation Incidents added on Tuesday that a number of specialized technicians coming from the USA representing the black boxes' manufacturing company are to arrive to France to examine the damages.

Yemenia Flight 626 from Paris to Moroni, the capital of Comoros, crashed into the ocean on June 30, killing 152 people. Only a teenage girl survived.

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