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Thirteen years later, the Yemenia crash judged in France

2022-05-08T19:34:30.947Z


Occurred off the Comoros, the accident had made 152 victims, including many French. 152 dead, only one survivor. This Monday opens before the 31st chamber of the Paris Criminal Court the so-called "Yemenia crash" trial, nearly thirteen years after the tragedy. A delay "obviously beyond reasonable" , but "structural" in air accident cases, notes Me Claude Lienhard, lawyer for many civil parties, who adds that the procedure was also slowed down by "the lack of cooperation of Yemen


152 dead, only one survivor.

This Monday opens before the 31st chamber of the Paris Criminal Court the so-called "Yemenia crash" trial, nearly thirteen years after the tragedy.

A delay

"obviously beyond reasonable"

, but

"structural"

in air accident cases, notes Me Claude Lienhard, lawyer for many civil parties, who adds that the procedure was also slowed down by

"the lack of cooperation of Yemen and the airline”

.

What the latter formally denies.

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On June 29, 2009, at 10:53 p.m., an aircraft from the company Yemenia (Yemen Airways) crashed into the sea near Moroni, the capital of the Comoros, this archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, between Mozambique and Madagascar.

On board, 11 crew members and 142 passengers, including 65 French who, after leaving Paris or Marseille, had boarded this A310 in Sanaa, Yemen.

Only a 12-year-old girl, Bahia Bakari, was found alive after clinging to a…

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Source: lefigaro

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