Girl crash survivor back in Paris

02 July 2009 | 06:02:29 PM | Source: AFP

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Bahia Bakari lies in a bed in Moroni hospital. She is safely back in France after surviving a plane crash off the Comoros Islands (Getty Images)

A 12-year-old girl who survived a Yemeni airliner crash by clinging to wreckage in the Indian Ocean flew back to Paris on Thursday aboard a ministerial plane.

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Bahia Bakari, the only known survivor among the 153 people on board the Yemenia flight to the Comoro Islands, arrived at Paris' Le Bourget airport just after 8:00 am (0600 GMT) with Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet.
   
The girl was ejected into the ocean when the Airbus A310 plunged into the sea after trying to land at Moroni airport in the early hours of Tuesday.
   
She suffered a fractured collarbone and burns to her knee, but no life-threatening injuries.

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