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Yemenia Flight 626 crash

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Yemenia Flight 626


Yemenia Flight 626

Yemenia Flight 626 was an Airbus A310-324 twin-engine jet airliner, operated by Yemenia, operating as a scheduled international flight from Sana'a, Yemen, to Moroni, Comoros, that crashed on 30 June 2009 at around 1:50 am local time (22:50 on 29 June, UTC) while on approach to Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, killing all but one of the 153 passengers and crew on board.[3] The sole survivor, 12-year-old Bahia Bakari, was found clinging to wreckage, after floating in the ocean for thirteen hours.[4][5][6] Bakari was released from the hospital on 23 July 2009, approximately one month after the crash.[7]

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