[03/July/2009]

SANA'A, July 03 (Saba)- The Higher Committee for Avian Accidents announced on Friday that the team assigned to search, rescue and investigate the Yemenia crash into the Indian Ocean is unabatedly working to meet ends of the incident.

The committee indicated that the French team is after recovering the aircraft two black boxes at depths reaching 600 meters, while other teams of the US, Yemen and Comoros are tasked to retrieve victims and airliner's wreckage.

A statement issued by the committee noted that a team from the insurance company arrived Thursday in Moroni and would start receiving and responding to victims' families inquiries to clarify procedures set to be carried out by the company.

It is worthy to mention that the French team notified the higher committee on Thursday that the aircraft might be rested at 2000 meters depth due to signals from the black box they are receiving over two days but the exact location of the plane is still not identified.

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Saba