French locate black boxes

A FRENCH navy captain said his vessel has detected the black boxes of a Yemenia Airways plane that crashed last month near the Comoros Islands.

Comoran authorities are still investigating the cause of the June 30 crash.

A 12-year-old girl is the only known survivor out of 153 people aboard.

Capt Marc Reina said his crew has found where the black boxes lie beneath the Indian Ocean.

He said that underwater robots should begin operating in August to retrieve the black boxes, which lie too deep for divers to reach.