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Signal from Yemenia jetliner's black box detected
A signal has been detected from the flight recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June, officials say.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:53 July 5, 2009
Paris: A signal has been detected from the flight recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June, officials say.
The AFP news agency was quoting Comoran and French investigators.
The Airbus 310, going to the Comoros Islands from Yemen, came down in bad weather with 153 on board. A 14-year-old girl was the only survivor.
Many passengers had started their journey with Yemenia Air in France, before changing planes in Yemen.
"Investigators from the BEA [France's accident investigation agency] have detected a signal from the flight recorders," Comoran lead investigator Ali Abdou Mohamed said in a statement that was received in Paris, the AFP reported.
It added that a BEA spokeswoman confirmed that a signal had been picked up.
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