{{Twenty-nine people have survived after the plane they were travelling in crashed into the Indian Ocean, minutes after it took off from the Comoros, a chain of islands off the south-east coast of Africa.}} <\/p>\n
The Embraer jet suffered mechanical problems about 200m away from Moroni airport from where it chartered, officials said.<\/p>\n
Abu Mohamed Ali, director general of Civil Aviation for the Comoros Islands, said all 29 people on board – 25 passengers and four crew – were safe. <\/p>\n
The pilot suffered head injuries while the rest were unhurt. <\/p>\n
The plane, belonging to Inter-Iles, had been bound for the neighbouring island of Anjouan.<\/p>\n
A senior military official who gave his name only as Zarouk and was on board the plane, said aircraft fuel was leaking “like an open tap” upon take-off.<\/p>\n
He alerted the pilot who decided to return to the airport, but was unable to land in time, instead plunging into the sea.<\/p>\n
Fishermen appeared to have led the search-and-rescue operation.<\/p>\n
In June 2009, a Yemeni Airbus 310-300 plunged into the Indian Ocean in bad weather off the Comoros archipelago, killing 152 people who were on board.<\/p>\n
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