Yemani air crash 2010, Indian Ocean. Company put on trial.

Yemenia Airways mise en examen après le crash aux Comores

le Mercredi 29 Janvier 2014

La compagnie aérienne yéménite a été mise en examen pour “homicide involontaire” ©

La compagnie aérienne Yemenia Airways a été mise en examen, 5 ans après l’accident de l’Airbus A310 qui s’était abîmé en mer. 152 personnes dont plusieurs Français sont morts dans le crash et une seule personne, une adolescente, a survécu.

The airline Yemeni Airways have been put on trial, five yeara after the accident of the Airbus A310, which was damaged in a crash into the sea. 152 people including many French died in the crash and only one person, an adolescent, survived.

C’était il y a 5 ans, le 30 juin 2009. Un avion de la Yemenia Airways s’écrasait au large des Comores en plein Océan indien. Parmi les 152 morts, un certain nombre de Français qui rendaient visite à leur famille sur l’archipel.Il aura fallu 5 ans d’instruction menée par un juge du tribunal de Bobigny, en région parisienne, pour que la compagnie aérienne soit mise en examen pour “homicide volontaire“. Une décision notifiée aux responsables de la compagnie le 15 novembre 2013.

That was 5 years ago, 30 June 2009. An aircraft of Yemani Airways crashed in the isolated Comores in the vast Indian Ocean. Among the 152 dead, a number of French who were visiting their families in the archipeligo. It took 5 years of investigations managed by a judge in the court of Bobigny, a Paris region, to get the airline company to court on a charge of “voluntary homocide”. The decision was notified to the heads of the company on 15th Nov 2013.

Même si cette décision intervient tardivement, les familles des victimes sont soulagées. ll s’agit, selon leur communiqué, d’une “décision capitale dans le chemin” vers la justice. “La Yemenia va devoir s’expliquer, et c’est un soulagement pour nos clients, qui ne s’expliquent pas pourquoi cela n’a pas été fait depuis longtemps”, a réagi l’un des avocats des familles.

Although this decision has come late, the families of the victims are releived. In this case, according to the communiqué, an “important decision has been made on the road” to justice. “The Yemin have to explain, and it is a relief four our clients, but it doesn’t explain why it took so long”, was a reaction from one of the solicitors of the families.

De “graves entorses” aux règles de l’OACI

En juillet 2011, dans un rapport, le ministère des Transports avait dénoncé de “graves entorses” aux règles de l’Organisation de l’aviation civile internationale (OACI). 

In July 2011, in a report, the minister for aviation transport denounced “serious infringements” of the rules of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation)

En juin 2009, l’Airbus A 310 de la Yemenia Airways s’était écrasé avec à son bord 142 passagers et 11 membres d’équipage. Bahia Bakary, 14 ans avait été la seule survivante. Aujourd’hui, elle bénéficie toujours d’un suivi psychologique.

In June 2009, an Airbus A310 of Yemeni Airways crashed with on board 142 passengers and 11 crew. Bahia Bakary, 14 years old was the only survivor. Today she is benefitting from psychological counseling.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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