A Yemenia Airbus SAS A310 crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros islands earlier today (June 30), with more than 150 people on board, 142 passengers (66 were French citizens) and a crew of 11 Yemenis. The plane was going from Yemen’s capital, San’a, to Moroni, on the main island of Grand Comore.

The passengers, most of them Comorians, began their journey from Paris to Sana’a on an Airbus A330 that had a stopover in Marseille. They were transferred to the A310 for the final leg of the flight from Sana’a to the Comoros, the airline said. The A310 that crashed had been barred from use in France after a 2007 inspection by French officials.

Yemeni officials said the plane crashed in stormy weather. Initial blame is being put on bad weather, with air officials in the Comoros Islands reporting strong winds of 38mph, gusting to 70mph.

When rescue and search teams arrived they found a number of bodies floating in the water and were able to rescue a toddler still alive. The little boy is the only survivor of this horrible plane crash, the second involving a Airbus in a month. An Air France Airbus A330-200 en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro crashed into the Atlantic (June 1), killing all 228 people on board.

Yemen Airline Crash Photos