[30/June/2009]

SANAA , June 30 ( Saba) – The Yemeni Passport Authority has apprehended three French people including a woman in connection with holding forged passports at the Sana'a International Airport.

www.almotamar.net reported that precise inspection of travel documents of passengers who were onboard a Yemenia jetliner who made a transit stop in Sana'a led to discover fake travel documents.

The airliner was en route from the Comoros archipelago to Paris.

The foreigners have been prevented from continuing their trip, with the Yemeni authorities to send them to their coming destination.

Early Tuesday, a Yemenia jetliner crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comorian Republic. Some bodies have been found after the crash mainly blamed on bad weather.

153 passengers including three infants and a crew of 11 were aboard the plane when it lost contact at 1:51 am, Moroni local time.

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Saba