France says 62 identified among 152 victims of June crash of Yemenia flight in Indian Ocean

Published Thursday November 26th, 2009

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS - France's Foreign Ministry says investigators have identified the bodies of 62 passengers among 152 who died when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed into the Indian Ocean in June.

The ministry also says the government of Comoros has set Nov. 28-30 for the funeral ceremonies honouring victims of the June 30 crash of Yemenia Flight 626 from Paris to Moroni, the capital of the island nation.

The ministry said in a statement Thursday that experts last week used DNA testing to identify more than one-third of those on board.

Many crash victims had been from France's Comoran community. Only a teenage girl survived, plucked from the water after 13 hours.

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