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.

Bad weather is believed to have been the main cause of the crash today of an Airbus A310 plane in the Indian Ocean.

A toddler was rescued alive today from the wreckage of an airliner that crashed trying to land in the Comoros islands, police said.

French customs officers are inspecting a North Korean ship on an Indian Ocean island as part of UN measures prompted by North Korea’s nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said today.