A survivor was rescued from the sea off the Comoros where a Yemenia airlines aircraft crashed on Tuesday, a Yemenia official said.

"We still do not know the nationality or the gender of the person rescued. We have just learned from the Comoros that one person was rescued," Mohammad al-Sumairi, deputy general manager for Yemenia operations told Reuters by telephone from Sanaa. 

 

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