Gulf air crash relatives arrive

Nearly two hundred relatives of those killed in Wednesday's aircrash off the Gulf state of Bahrain have flown in to identify and bring home the bodies.

Most of the one hundred and forty three people who were killed were from Egypt and Bahrain.

It's still not known what caused the Gulf Air plane -- an Airbus A-320 -- to crash.

Its manufacturer has sent experts to help the investigation, and the plane's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder are being studied. The airline says the plane was making a third attempt to land when it came down.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service