Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

By Nick McMaster

Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

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Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania — People of Comoros Island origin who are living in France protest to stop passengers from booking their flight to Comoria, in Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, near Paris, France, Monday July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Thirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found in the waters near Mafia Island.

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