Child found alive from crashed Yemeni jet

A young child has been recovered alive from a Yemeni jet crash in the Indian Ocean, an airline official said Tuesday.
The child was the first person found alive from the Yemenia Airways jet, which was carrying more than 150 people en route to the island nation of Comoros from Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
The child was found in the waters and was taken to a hospital, said Captain Abdulkhalek al-Kadi, chairman of Yemenia Airways.
“One child is alive and we hope to find more,” the chairman said.
He blamed the crash on bad weather. “It was high seas and windy weather,” he said.
A reconnaissance plane had earlier spotted traces of the Airbus A310-300 in the sea near the town of Mitsamiouli, Comoros Vice President Idi Nadhoim said Tuesday.
“There were no sign of survivors,” he said before the child was found. “There are a few bodies floating and there is a lot of debris floating around.”
The crash took place as the plane approached the Hahaya airport in Moroni. The plane tried but failed to land and then performed a U-turn before it crashed, Nadhoim said. Officials did not know why the plane could not land, he said.
There were 142 passengers and 11 crew members aboard, Yemenia Air officials said. - (CNN)

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