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Yemenia airline suspends flights to and from Marseille

Yemenia airline on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of flights bound for Marseille, France following the tragic crash of its Airbus A310 off the coast of the Comoros.

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  • Published: 11:25 July 3, 2009
  • Gulf News

Marseille: Yemenia airline on Thursday announced the indefinite suspension of flights bound for Marseille, France following the tragic crash of its Airbus A310 off the coast of the Comoros.

"The company has decided to stop, for an undetermined period, its flights from Marseille to Sanaa,'' Yemenia airport official, Mohamed Zoubeid told reporters Thursday.

A Yemenia jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday following severe turbulence, a 14-year-old girl was the olny survivor.


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