An Expert close to the investigation of the Yemenia Airlines that crashed in the Indian Ocean claimed that there is a strong possibility that the plane was hit by a French missile and blames the French government for the incident. "French authorities are blaming Yemenia for the crash, while they have tried to hide all evidence that links them to the plane crash," said the source. "All signs show that France is responsible for the crash, as it is using its strong international presence to hide its mistakes, especially after the crash of the France Airliner off the coast of Brazil that happened just last month, and killed over 100."

Sources in Comoros told the Yemen Post that French and Israeli warships were at the scene and conducting military exercises when the Yemenia plane came across and crashed in the Indian Ocean.

The Charge d' Affaires of the French Embassy in Sana'a admitted yesterday that the French military forces were exercising unannounced maneuvers in the Indian Ocean off Comoros where the Yemeni Airliner crashed, but said that the maneuvers were completed 24 hours before the plane hit water.

In a meeting held between Yemenia Airways' representatives and officials in the French Embassy in Sana'a, Yemenia Airways' representatives called on French Authorities to allow the Yemeni investigation team who is currently in the Comoros to hear the testimony of the sole survivor, the girl Bahiyyah Bakri.

Days ago, a French medical team announced that the girl Bahiyyah Bakri, who was the only eyewitness to the incident and the sole survivor was suffering psychological disorder, media outlets reported, adding that the medical team announcement contradicted with the orphan Bakri's untimely saying that she heard a loud explosion before the plane crashed.

For its part, Yemeni Airways employees protested in front of the French embassy in Sana'a, demanding French declarations of what have led to the crash.

The protesters handed a letter to the Charge d' Affaires of the French Embassy in Sana'a, through which they expressed their condemned delay in lifting the victims and the wreckage of the crashed plane.

The delay of picking up in the bodies and wreckage of the ill-fated plane increased the tragedy over the victims' relatives, one of the protesters said, demanding the French President's directions for a quick search for the victims' corpses and the debris and pieces the plane.