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Page last updated at 15:57 GMT, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:57 UK

France 'banned Yemen crash plane'

A Yemeni plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean was banned from France because of "irregularities", the French transport minister has said.

Dominique Bussereau told parliament of ongoing concerns about the safety record of the Yemenia Airbus 310.

One child is said to have been rescued from the ocean, the only known survivor from the 153 people on board. Will Ross reports.

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