1. Bahia Bakari was born on 15 August 1996 and is a French woman who was the sole survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, which crashed into the Indian Ocean near the north coast of Grande Comore, Comoros on 30 June 2009, killing the other 152 people on board.
Bahia Bakari was released from the hospital three weeks later, after undergoing treatment and surgery.
Bahia Bakari has reportedly turned down an offer by Steven Spielberg to make a film based on her book.
Bahia Bakari was born on 15 August 1996 in the former French commune of Evry, Essonne, near Paris, France.
Bahia Bakari was the oldest of four children born to Kasim Bakari was born on 1961 and and his wife Aziza Aboudou, both of whom were from the Comorian village of Ngnoumadzaha Mvoubari.
Bahia Bakari had two younger brothers named Badrou and Badawy, and a younger sister named Badian.
Bahia Bakari was ejected from the plane as it crashed, and found herself floating alone outside amid debris.
Bahia Bakari reported having no life jacket and only minimal swimming skills, but she managed to hold on to a piece of fuselage wreckage.
Bahia Bakari reported later that initially there must have been other survivors, as she could hear them after the crash but later the voices became silent.
The next morning, Bahia Bakari came to realize she was alone at sea, having been drifting for hours without food and water.
Bahia Bakari reported having seen a ship on the horizon that was too far away to notice her.
The ship arrived in Port Moroni at 19:25 local time, where Bahia Bakari was handed over to medical authorities and taken to a local hospital.
Bahia Bakari was released three weeks later after undergoing treatment and surgery.
In January 2010, Bakari released an account of her ordeal in a French memoir, "Moi Bahia, la miraculee", published by Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, Paris, France.