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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Jet with 153 crashes off Comoros, boy survives

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An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, but a child was pulled from the sea alive.

A Yemeni aviation official said a young boy, who was plucked alive from the Indian Ocean after the passenger jet crashed, was brought ashore.

Mohammed Abdul Qader, the Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief, said the boy is five years old and has been hospitalised in the Comoros.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Indonesian air force plane crash kills 98

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At least 98 people, including 14 children, were killed and scores injured when an ageing Indonesian military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed into homes in East Javaand burst into flames.

A total of 112 people were aboard when the US-made C130 Hercules transport plane crashed in Magetan,about 520 kms east of capital Jakarta.

The crash destroyed four homes and killed two people who lived in at least one of the homes, said Suwardi, the village leader of Karas in East Java.

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