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Yemenia Flight 626, Comoros, Updated
The BEA sent this letter to the president of the Inquiry committee, the Ministries of Communications of Moroni, New technology, Transportation and tourism (Loosely translated. For the original, click the link below the letter): Re: Yemenia Flight 626 Monsieur President, I have read the first progress report on flight IY626 that crashed June 29,... »
Yemenia Flight 626 Ongoing Investigation
Some airlines refuse to perform night approaches to the Moroni airport in the Comoros islands on the western coast of Grande Comoros. The airport is a non-redar environment, which means any inbound plane must use an instrument approach. That instrument approach was fatal for Flight 626, which crashed on June 30, nearly 2 years... »
Yemenia Airways Suspends Flights from Egypt
With all the protests going on in Egypt, Yemeni Airways suspended flights from Cairo. Hundreds of Yemeni citizens were left stranded at Cairo International Airport—with a curfew imposed on the city. As protests continue, stranded passengers look to government embassies and outside sources to bring pressure on Yemenia Airways to resume flights, at least... »
Comoros: Crash Averted
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Sam Chui What: Yemenia Airbus A330-200 en route from Djibouti to Moroni Comoros Air Austral Boeing 777-200 en route from Lyon to Saint Denis Where: Moroni, Comoros When: Aug 24 2010 Who: 350 passengers aboard the Boeing Why: Both flights were in the air,... »
Yemenia Jet Engine Explodes
Pictured: A Yemenia – Yemen Airways Boeing 737-8Q8 Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Andre Oferta What: Yemenia Boeing 737-800 en route from Sana’a to Cairo Where: Sana’a International Airport When: Dec 22m 2009 Who: not available Why: About thirty minutes after taking off from Sana’a for Cairo, one of... »
Still not EU Blacklisted
Does Yemenia Airlines (or backers) have Deeper Pockets? After months of being under the public eye following the loss of an Airbus A310 in the Comoros, Yemenia Airlines has still not been formally blacklisted. The plane was inspected in 2007 by the French Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile, and found to have a number... »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Yemenia Air Under Scrutiny by Investigative Team
Yemenia Air Airbus 310 flight 626 en route from Yemen’s capital Sanaa to the Comoros Islands crashed on the second pass to land at the ill-equipped airport during heavy weather. Westlake Village, California (Press Release) July 8, 2009 — A lawyer has contacted George Hatcher to dispatch a team of his consultant staff to... »
Comoran Crash Update:
Now that the beacons have been heard, French Navy Divers at Comoros have begun following up the search. On the 12th, their search will be assisted by underwater robotic technology. Only one survivor was found, 12 year old Bahia Bakari; and she has gone back to France to her father. Her mother was killed... »
