Tuesday
30 Jun 2009
Second French Air Disaster This Month, Child Survives
By Annie Jacobsen in category Behind the Scenes
A young child is reported to have survived yesterday's air crash of Yemenia Flight 626 which went down into the India Ocean approximately 12 miles from the island of Comoros. The child was found floating in the ocean wearing a life vest. Save that miracle, French officials have an extraordinary amount of work ahead of them.
This is the second air disaster involving an aircraft traveling to or from France this month. Of the 142 passengers on board yesterday's flight, 66 were French citizens. The flight originated in Paris and stopped in Marseilles before heading to Yemen.
Both aircraft involved in the two air disasters — this one and the Air France, Rio-to-Paris crash on June 1st — were made by Airbus, which is headquartered in Toulouse, France. Airbus makes approximately half of the world's commercial planes and is a subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defense & Space.