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A 12-year-old girl, Baya Bakari, who is the only survivor of the Yemenia plane that crashed in Comoros Island has narrated how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. 152 others are presumed to have perished in the accident.
A Yemenia (Yemeni Airways) jet with 153 people on board crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it tried to land during strong winds on the island nation of Comoros.
A 14-year-old girl seen alive from the waters of the Indian Ocean is thought to be the only survivor of the second plane disaster to hit France in a month.
A Yemenia airline Airbus A310 is reported to have crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands.
President Jacob Zuma has conveyed condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost when a Yemen airbus crashed in the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
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