Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Tuesday afternoon said China expresses its deep condolence to the families of victims of the Yemeni airliner crash in the Comoros archipelago.

A Yemeni airliner with more than 150 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago Tuesday morning. Qin said there were no Chinese citizens on the crashed flight.

(Xinhua News Agency June 30, 2009)