NU Online News Service, June 30, 3:40 p.m. EDT

The loss of a jetliner with 153 aboard in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Comoro Islands will impact prices in the aviation insurance market even further, a broker with Aon said.

Operated by Yemen Airways, the Airbus 310-300 crashed around 1:50 a.m. local time, a statement from Airbus said. Flight IY626 was on its normally scheduled run from Sana'a, Yemen, to Moroni, Comoro Islands, when it crashed.

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