Almotamar.net, Saba - The Higher Committee on Monitoring Aviation Accidents has made a press release over the crash of the Airbus 300-310, Flight No. IY 626 from Sana'a to the Comorian Republic, saying some bodies have been seen at the crash site.

No more details have been given.

Details about the nationalities of whose who were onboard would be released later, an official has said.

A Yemeni committee led by Minister of Transport has been set up to probe the crash, initially blamed on bad weather.

Rescuer teams, including foreign ships and planes, are searching for any survivors.

Preliminary information revealed that an oil spot was seen 16-17 nautical miles off the port of Moroni in the Islands of Comoros.

The plane was carrying 153 passengers including three infants and a crew of 11.

The Plane took off from the Sana'a International Airport at 9:45 pm local time and contact with it was lost at 1:51 am, Moroni local time.