Teenager Found Alive | Yemenia Airlines Crash | Indian Ocean

Yemenia Airliner/AFPThese jet crashes, reported lately, are causing so much pain and anxiety among family members. A passenger jet, Yemeni Flight 626, crashed this morning in the Indian Ocean. Rescuers found several bodies floating in the ocean and miraculously found a teenager alive, a 14-year-old girl! Earlier in the day it was reported that the survivor was a toddler. That report was incorrect.

Airline officials have already reported that there were faults found with this jet in 2007. I could not find a report stating that mechanical corrections were made 2 years ago. This is such a horrendous crash, once again. My condolences go out to the families of all victims in this accident.
Grief stricken relatives arrive at Marseille Marignane airport, Southern France/AFP

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, a Yemeni aviation official said.

A Comoros police official said one toddler has been rescued alive from the sea. Bodies were spotted floating in the ocean and the police official said three had been recovered so far.

Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief Mohammed Abdul Qader said there were 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board when the plane, which had set off from the Yemeni capital of San'a, went down before landing in Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.~source