Yemen, Comoros investigate Yemeni aircraft approaching French plane
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.infor/sabanews.net - 01/09/2010
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Yemen and Comoros are currently carrying out a technical investigation on false allegations on the approaching of a Yemeni aircraft to one belonging to the France Astral Aviation in the atmosphere of the island of Madagascar on August 24, an official source in Yemenia Airways announced on Wednesday.
The investigation is carried out by Yemeni civil aviation authorities and civil aviation authorities in the island of Madagascar and Moroni of Comoros.The source added that the Yemenia Airways had two flights in the aforementioned date and the aircraft operation crew confirmed there was not any convergence with another aircraft during the two flights.The results of the Yemeni aircrafts recording devices did not show the alert system started during the two flights to prove there was a kind of a close alignment between the two planes, the source said.The two aircrafts have not exceeded the allowable height till they got the permission from air traffic control (ATC) authorities according to the adopted system.
Yemenia Airways asked France Astral Aviation to carry out more investigations on those allegations, otherwise it would reserve its right to legally prosecute the French aviation company if these allegations have been proved invalidity.
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