Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros Islands with 142 passengers, 11 crew

MORONI, Comoros — A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it attempted to land amid severe turbulence and howling winds. Officials said a teenage girl was plucked from the sea, the only known survivor.

Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros with 142 passengers, 11 crew; child rescued from the sea

MORONI, Comoros — Reports that a 5-year-old boy survived a jetliner crash in the Indian Ocean are now in question.

Toddler rescued from Airbus 310 crash off Indian Ocean island, Comoros police official says

CAIRO — A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island.

Comoros police official: Toddler rescued alive from Airbus 310 crash off Indian Ocean island

CAIRO — A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued alive from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island.

French inspectors found faults with Yemeni Airways jet

PARIS — France’s transport minister says French aviation inspectors found a “number of faults” during a 2007 inspection of a plane that has crashed in the Indian Ocean.

Yemeni official: Airbus 310 crashes off Comoros islands with 142 passengers, 11 crew on board

SAN’A, Yemen — A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros, and search teams rescued a child from the sea, officials said.

Yemeni airport official: Plane that crashed off Comoros had 142 passengers, 11 crew on board

SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni aviation official says the Yemeni Airbus 310 that crashed off the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean had 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board.

Yemeni official: Yemenia Air plane bound for Comoros in Indian Ocean crashes

SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said.