THE teenage girl who was plucked from the ocean yesterday, the only survivor of an airliner crash that killed 152 people, was fortunate but not unique.

DOUBTS over the safety of a Yemeni jetliner were at the forefront yesterday after an Airbus 310-300 carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean as it came in for a landing during howling winds on the island nation of Comoros.

A teenage girl was plucked from the ocean today, the only apparent survivor from an airliner crash that killed 152 people.