[04/July/2009]

SANA'A, July 04 (Saba) – Searchers for the wreckage of the Yemenia aircraft which came down in bad weather on Tuesday in the Indian Ocean have located a large piece of the airplane.

The piece has been seen floating in waters.

Searchers including US helicopters are now retrieving the piece, the Committee on Monitoring Aviation Accidents said in a statement.

Earlier, the committee said some peieces of the aircraft were picked up of Moroni, capital of Comoros.

The Yemenia Flight IY 626 crashed in the ocean on Tuesday morning with 153 passengers and crew members aboard.

Only a French teenager survived the tragedy, with few bodies recovered so far.

FR
Saba