(30 Jun 2009) SHOTLIST
San'a, Yemen - 30 June 2009
1. Wide of San'a International airport
2. Various of people standing outside the departure area of the airport
3. A Yemenia plane landing at the airport ++THIS IS NOT THE PLANE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH++
San'a, Yemen - 30 June 2009
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Abdul Qader, Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief:
"We have received with deep sorrow and grief news of the loss of contact with a Yemeni Airways plane, which is the airbus 310, flight number 626, which was departing from San'a airport to Moroni airport in the Comoros islands, which departed from San'a at 9.45 and we lost the communication with it by 1.51 in the morning. And the number of passengers is 153 including passengers and cabin crew. The passengers are 139 plus 3 babies and 11 cabin crew. For passengers nationalities, we are going to update you as soon as we have new information. At the time of the crash the weather was so bad, when the plane was approaching Moroni airport, the wind speed was 61 kilometres per hour and the sea was a bit stormy. For the moment we have assigned a committee for follow up headed by the minister of transportation."
San'a, Yemen - 30 June 2009
5. Various of people waiting inside the airport terminal
6. Wide exterior of San'a International airport
Charles de Gaulle airport, nr Paris - 30 June 2009
7. Pan interior of airport
8. Close up of Yemenia sign
9. Relatives walking through airport surrounded by media
10. Close of person, thought to be a relative talking on mobile phone
11. Mid of relatives
12. SOUNDBITE: (French) No name given, relative:
"It's straightforward, what happens is that you arrive in Yemen, you change plane, the Yemen authorities - when they came over here they send big planes - you get to Yemen they change. The authorities in Yemen are well aware of this but they do nothing. We need France to help us. We need people to help us. Otherwise there will always be tragedies. It's going to continue like this, its not going to stop. These were entire families - there are people who saved all their lives, for 5 years, 4 years, 3 years, to go there. But if its to get there to die, its not worth it."
13. Various of relatives hugging each other and crying
STORYLINE:
A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued alive from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island.
Immigrations officer with the Comoros operations, Rachida Abdullah, says a toddler was rescued from the crash site on Tuesday.
Abdullah told The Associated Press that three bodies have also been retrieved, along with debris from the plane, but that no other survivors have been recovered so far.
Yemeni civil aviation deputy chief Mohammed Abdul Qader said the Yemeni Airbus 310 crashed with 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board before landing in Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore, early on Tuesday.
The majority of the passengers were from the Comoros islands, returning home from Paris, he said.
Those on board included families with children and there were at least three babies on board, he added.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a statement that 66 of the passengers were French.
He said French aviation and naval support was heading to help in search operations at the Comoros government's request.
Abdul Qader, the Yemeni official, said bodies have been spotted floating off the archipelago and that a rescue and search effort was under way.
He said Yemeni, French and Comoron officials were coordinating to investigate the plane crash.
He says the plane had not returned to French air space since.
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