An audio recording of the conversation between a doomed Yemenia passenger jet and the airport it was attempting to land at does not indicate that the plane was suffering any technical problems.

One hundred and fifty-two people died when the Airbus crashed off the Comoros Islands last week.

Yemen's Civil Aviation Authority says it has audio tape of the conversation between the Yemenia plane and the control tower at the airport where it was trying to land.

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