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ACCIDENT DIGEST 2009-12
Date: 30 JUN 2009
Time: ca 01:50
Type: Airbus A310-324
Operator: Yemenia Airways
Registration: 7O-ADJ
C/n / msn: 535
First flight: 1990
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4152
Crew: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Passengers: Fatalities: 141 / Occupants: 141
Total: Fatalities: 152 / Occupants: 153
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: off Mitsamiouli (Comoros)
Phase: Approach
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: San'a International Airport (SAH)
Destination airport: Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport (HAH)
Flightnumber: 626
A Yemenia Airways Airbus A310-324 passenger plane was destroyed when it struck the water and crashed off shore from the Comoros. The airplane was on approach to Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport (HAH) following an international flight from San'a International Airport (SAH). Yemenia Airways Flight IY626 had 142 passengers and 11 crew on board, according to a statement by Yemenia. A young girl survived the accident. The weather reported around the time of the accident (01:50 local, which is 22:50 UTC, June 29) was reported as follows: FMCH 292200Z 18022G33KT 9999 FEW020 24/17 Q1018 NOSIG= [wind from 180 degrees at 22 knots, gusting to 33 knots; unlimited visibility; few clouds at 2000 feet; temperature 24°C, dew point 17°C; 1018 mb] FMCH 292300Z 21025G35KT 9999 FEW020 25/16 Q1017 TEMPO 18015G30KT= [wind from 210 degrees at 25 knots, gusting to 35 knots; unlimited visibility; few clouds at 2000 feet; temperature 25°C, dew point 15°C; 1017 mb; temporary winds from 180 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 30 knots]
Sources:
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» Airbus
AIRCRAFT PROFILE AIRBUS A310
COUNTRY PROFILE COMOROS 
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