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France and U.S. join Comoros plane crash search



By Ahmed Ali Amir
01 July 2009 @ 07:19 am BST


A policeman maintains order among relatives of missing passengers of an Airbus A310-300 plane from Yemen that crashed, in Moroni
A policeman maintains order among relatives of missing passengers of an Airbus A310-300 plane from Yemen that crashed, outside El-Maarouf national hospital in Moroni June 30, 2009.
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Airbus said it was dispatching a team of investigators to the Comoros. It said the aircraft was built in 1990 and had been used by Yemenia since 1999. Its engines were built by Pratt and Whitney, a unit of United Technologies.

A Yemenia official said there were 142 passengers including three infants, and 11 crew. The weather was rough -- with high winds -- but the cause of the crash was still unknown.

France and the Comoros have enjoyed close ties since the islands' independence in 1975. France estimates 200,000 people from Comoros live in mainland France, and remittances from France are an important part of the islands' economy.

For a map showing the flight path of the airliner, go to:

http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/RNGS/JUN/CRASH.jpg

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