Related: Wreckage of Kenya Airway plane
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This image provided by Boeing Aircraft
shows a 737-800 in Kenya Airways colors. A Kenya Airways 737-800 crashed
in southern Cameroon on Saturday May 5, 2007, state radio reported.
(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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YAOUNDE,
May 6 (Xinhua) -- The wreckage of Kenya Airway's Boeing 737-800 which crashed on
Saturday in Cameroon has been found near a village named Mbangabongo, near
Douala, Cameroonian government announced on Sunday night.
According to a statement issued by Cameroonian
Ministry of Territorial Administration, the plane was found "in an area of
mangrove swamp near a village named Mbangabongo, near Douala, largest city of
Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province.
"The rescue measures have already been put into
action for the appropriate control of the disaster," the statement says.
Taking off at 00:05 Douala and due to arrive in
Nairobi at 06:15 on Saturday, the plane carrying 114 people lost contact with
the Douala airport a few minutes after its departure.
According to reliable sources, the plane crashed just
after its departure from Douala where the storm was quite rampant.
FM: 5 Chinese passengers yet to be confirmed
on missing Kenyan plane
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry said
here Sunday that the accurate information about five Chinese passengers aboard a
Kenya Airways aircraft that went missing early Saturday is yet to be confirmed.
Chinese embassies and consulates in countries
concerned have contacted some of the Chinese passengers' employers to confirm
their identities and would provide assistance for dealing with the aftermath,
said sources with the ministry.
Three Chinese identified on missing
Kenyan plane
ABIDJAN, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese passengers have
been identified as a Kenyan Airways aircraft they were traveling on went missing
earlier Saturday morning, the Chinese Embassy in Coted'Ivoire confirmed on
Saturday.
The three Chinese, two men and one woman, boarded the Boeing 737-800 in
Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, where the aircraft took off and
was bound for Kenya's capital Nairobi via Cameroon's coastal city of Douala, the
embassy said.
S African president extends
condolences over Kenyan plane's mishap
JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- South African President
Thabo Mbeki extended the South African government's condolences to the relatives
of those onboard a Kenya Airways plane missing in Cameroon shortly after taking
off early Saturday.
"The government and people of South Africa were shocked to
hearof the tragic incident in which a Kenya Airways airliner crashed with 105
passengers and 9 crew members on board," he said through a statement issued by
the foreign ministry.
S Korean gov't confirms one Korean
citizen killed in plane crash in Cameroon
SEOUL, May 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign Ministry
said Saturday that one South Korean passenger was killed with 114 people aboard
a Kenya Airways flight when it crashed in southern Cameroon earlier in the day.
It was confirmed that a South Korean male student from
Burkina Faso, boarded the crashed airplane, said the ministry. The victim was
identified only by his surname, Kim.
S Africa: 7 citizens on crashed Kenyan
plane
JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Seven South Africans
were onboard the Kenya Airways plane which crashed in Cameroon on Saturday
morning, South Africa's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said.
After being informed by the airline that there were
South Africans on the KQ507 flight, the ministry urged relatives or friends of
these passengers to contact the ministry, the SAPA news agency reported. Full story
Official: Kenya Airways plane with 115
on board missing
NAIROBI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A plane of Kenya Airways
with 115 people on board went missing on Saturday after taking off from Douala
in west Cameroon, the company said.
The flight KQ 507 operated by a B737-800 aircraft
which departed from the largest port city of Douala in west Cameroon at 00:05
and was due to arrive in Nairobi at 06:15, said Kenya Airways in a press release
on its website. Full story
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