Another Jet Falls into the Ocean

[SuperDuper! 230]

Yemen jet crashes in Indian Ocean

02:08 GMT, Tuesday, 30 June

A Yemeni airliner with 150 people on board has crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago, officials there say.

"We don't know if there are any survivors among the 150 people on the plane," the Comoros vice-president told Reuters news agency.

The plane belonged to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air, he said.

The three islands of Comoros are about 300km (190 miles) northwest of Madagascar in the Mozambique channel.

Vice-president Idi Nadhoim, speaking from the airport at the main island's capital Moroni, said the accident happened early on Tuesday.

The exact location of the plane was not immediately known.

The details of the flight are also unknown, but there was a flight from Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, due about 0230 (0030 BST). That flight was a connecting flight from Paris.

A resident near the airport told the BBC about 100 people were trying to get into the airport to find out more information, but without much success.

[scandal 951]

WOW! :wacko:

[Nagishkaw 510]

0h my!

[Kathryn41 3,207]

Another sad tragedy.

[Ladylethal 12]

I just saw this myself. I'm telling you, I have to stop flying 'cus everytime I I buy a ticket and plan a trip, they start dropping off the skies!

[Donna A 4]

what the heck is going on with all these planes these days? so sad.

[Ladylethal 12]

All I know is I'm going on a trip in August that will put me in 4 flights going there and 5 coming back.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Don't avoid flying, avoid flying AirBus planes! CNN reports it was an AirBus A310.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/...rash/index.html

Sad though, for the crew and passengers.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

[Immigrant2009 0]

I don't know what's going on in these last 2 weeks, people are dying. Is Armageddon already here?

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Maybe a big window opened up for spirits to leave.

[Ban Hammer 14,810]

airbus again?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Airbus (computer controlled mostly) + erratic sensors + bad weather = crash

is the gist I get from reading the various stories.

They had a mess of problems with the F-16 till they fixed the computer control. (the thing basically flys on the edge of the envelope and the computer keeps it in the air).

I don't know what's going on in these last 2 weeks, people are dying. Is Armageddon already here?

1000's die a day. You only hear about the famous ones or the numerous ones (that happen at the same time), not the day to day deaths that happen...

You can relax - the four horseman are not coming....

[mawilson 2,133]

I just saw this myself. I'm telling you, I have to stop flying 'cus everytime I I buy a ticket and plan a trip, they start dropping off the skies!

That's why I don't fly, unless I absolutely have to.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Airbus (computer controlled mostly) + erratic sensors + bad weather = crash

is the gist I get from reading the various stories.

They had a mess of problems with the F-16 till they fixed the computer control. (the thing basically flys on the edge of the envelope and the computer keeps it in the air).

Another article said that this machine was known back in 2007 to have a mess of problems.