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Black box located after Yemeni plane crash

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-01 21:40

SANAA: The flight recorder from the Yemenia-operated Airbus A310-300 that crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with 153 people on board has been located, the airline's head said on Wednesday.

Rescuers return after searching for the missing Yemenia A310-300 airplane, which crashed in Mitsamiouli, 30 km (19 miles) north of Comores island's capital Moronoi July 1, 2009. [Agencies]

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The state-controlled company would pay 20,000 euros ($28,140) in compensation to the victims' families, Abdul-Khaliq al-Qadi told a news conference.

French and US aircraft are among those hunting for survivors from the plane that crashed off the Comoros archipelago as it flew the final leg of a trip from Paris and Marseille to Comoros via Yemen.

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