Airline banned from France
Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2009 | 6:18 PM
France’s Transport Minister has reportedly said that a Yemeni airline, which crashed into the Indian Ocean, was banned from France because of irregularities.
Dominique Bussereau told parliament of ongoing concerns about the safety record of the Yemenia Airbus 310.
A baby is said to have been rescued from the ocean and is the only known survivor of the 153 people on board.
The plane was heading from Yemen to the Comoros islands, but many on board began their journey in France.
The crash was the second involving an Airbus aircraft in recent weeks.
On June 1, Air France Airbus 330 travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board.
That tragedy also involved large numbers of French citizens.