Latest I see on the wires is that there were 66 French nationals out of 153 on board. It was item number 2 on the beeb news at 0600 local this morning, don't know about subsequently.
A boy of five has been rescued. WX was not good, with wind speed at the airport of 61 kph and a rough sea.
The French transport minister says Yemenia was not on a blacklist but was subject to stricter checks and was to be interviewed by the EU safety committee.
Yemen's transport minister says the plane thoroughly examined in May.