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Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:52 PM CDT
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(Newser) – 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.

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.
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)
A placard is seen which readsStop to the Flying Garbage Cans during a march in memory of the victims of Tuesday's Yemenia Airways plane crash near the Comoros Islands, in Paris, Sunday July 5, 2009.
A placard is seen which reads"Stop to the Flying Garbage Cans" during a march in memory of the victims of Tuesday's Yemenia Airways plane crash near the Comoros Islands, in Paris, Sunday July 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People of Comororian origin living in France wear shirts showing homage to the victims.
People of Comororian origin living in France wear shirts showing homage to the victims.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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We have a report from the district commissioner in Mafia, sent to the Prime Minister, saying that they have discovered about 13 bodies.
- Saidi Nguba, spokesman for Tanzania's prime minister

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