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<span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Yemen jet crashes in Indian Ocean</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">A Yemeni airliner with more than 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands.
Some bodies have been found and a child rescued alive, officials from the carrier, Yemenia, said.
The Airbus 310 flight IY626 was flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa, but many passengers on the plane began their journey in France.
The cause of the crash is not clear. A French minister said faults were found on the plane during a check in 2007.
"The A310 in question was inspected in 2007 by the DGAC [French transport authorities] and they noticed a certain number of faults. Since then the plane had not returned to France," Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau was quoted as telling French TV.
"The company was not on the black list but was subject to stricter checks on our part, and was due to be interviewed shortly by the European Union's safety committee."
Mr Bussereau had earlier told French media that bad weather was the likely cause.
See a map of the plane's route
The European Union Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani said he would propose setting up a worldwide blacklist of airlines deemed to be unsafe. The EU already has its own list.
Reports say the plane was due in the Comoros capital Moroni at about 0230 (2230GMT on Monday). Most of the passengers had travelled to Sanaa from Paris or Marseille on a different aircraft.
The flight on to Moroni was also thought to have made a stop in Djibouti.
There were more than 150 people on board, including three babies and 11 crew. </span></span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">A Yemeni airliner with more than 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands.
Some bodies have been found and a child rescued alive, officials from the carrier, Yemenia, said.
The Airbus 310 flight IY626 was flying from the Yemeni capital Sanaa, but many passengers on the plane began their journey in France.
The cause of the crash is not clear. A French minister said faults were found on the plane during a check in 2007.
"The A310 in question was inspected in 2007 by the DGAC [French transport authorities] and they noticed a certain number of faults. Since then the plane had not returned to France," Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau was quoted as telling French TV.
"The company was not on the black list but was subject to stricter checks on our part, and was due to be interviewed shortly by the European Union's safety committee."
Mr Bussereau had earlier told French media that bad weather was the likely cause.
See a map of the plane's route
The European Union Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani said he would propose setting up a worldwide blacklist of airlines deemed to be unsafe. The EU already has its own list.
Reports say the plane was due in the Comoros capital Moroni at about 0230 (2230GMT on Monday). Most of the passengers had travelled to Sanaa from Paris or Marseille on a different aircraft.
The flight on to Moroni was also thought to have made a stop in Djibouti.
There were more than 150 people on board, including three babies and 11 crew. </span></span>
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