Crashed Airbus had sparked Yemenia probe-EU source

BRUSSELS, June 30 (Reuters) - The Airbus plane that crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros with 153 people on board had sparked an inquiry in 2007 into the Yemenia airline's safety record, a European Commission official said on Tuesday.

"In July 2007, this plane gave us occasion to start inquiring about the safety record of Yemenia," the official said on condition of anonymity.

"The concern was (about) incomplete reporting procedure and incomplete follow-up ... Member states did 24 inspections over two years, showing its record was improving," the official said of Yemenia, which is not currently among those airlines blacklisted in the EU over safety concerns. (Reporting by Pete Harrison; writing by Mark John)

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