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Search resumes for missing plane Britons on missing airliner named
(about 9 hours later)
The search is due to resume for a Kenya Airways plane which disappeared over Cameroon with more than 114 people - including five Britons - on board. Five Britons on board a plane thought to have crashed in southern Cameroon have been named by the Foreign Office.
Sarah Stewart, Adam Stewart, Anthony Mitchell, Stuart Claisse and Gordon Wright were on the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 when it came down.
A search has resumed for the aircraft, thought to have crashed in rainforest with more than 114 people on board.
The flight originated in Ivory Coast and was reported missing on Saturday after it failed to arrive in Kenya.The flight originated in Ivory Coast and was reported missing on Saturday after it failed to arrive in Kenya.
The Foreign Office said it knew the identities of the Britons on the flight but would not yet name them. Search hampered
Associated Press (AP) journalist Anthony Mitchell is thought to have been among the British passengers. The FO said the Britons' next of kin had been informed but that no further details could be given.
Loud crash When the search restarted it was hampered by fog and deep forest.
Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home Kathleen CarrollAP executive editor
Contact with Flight KQ507 was lost by air traffic control shortly after take-off from Douala in Cameroon at 0005 local time (0105 GMT). It was due to arrive in Nairobi at 0615 (0315 GMT).
There has been extensive aerial reconnaissance over a large area of southern Cameroon and officials have been scouring the zone in cars and on motorbikes.There has been extensive aerial reconnaissance over a large area of southern Cameroon and officials have been scouring the zone in cars and on motorbikes.
In one area villagers said they heard a loud crash in the forest but there has been no sign of any wreckage.In one area villagers said they heard a loud crash in the forest but there has been no sign of any wreckage.
Kenya has sent a team of experts to help in the search, which has been made more difficult by persistent rain and dense undergrowth. People from at least 23 different nationalities were on board, according Kenya Airways.
It is not yet known for certain whether the plane crashed in Cameroon or across the national border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Foreign Office spokesman said. Cameroon state radio said the plane came down south of Douala, although the airline has only confirmed so far that it is missing.
Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home. We hope for the best Kathleen CarrollAP Executive Editor Journalist hope
He said: "As soon as we have got the actual location of the aircraft confirmed we can dispatch people to the area." Mr Mitchell, who was based in Nairobi for news agency Associated Press (AP), had been on assignment in the region for the past week and contacted his family before boarding the flight to say he was heading home. It is understood he has family in London.
British consular staff in Yaounde - the capital of Cameroon - the DRC capital Kinshasa, and Abuja, in Nigeria, are waiting to travel to the crash site once it has been located.
Cameroon state radio said the plane came down south of Douala, although Kenya Airways has only confirmed so far that it is missing.
Last communication
People from at least 23 different nationalities were on board, including five Britons, according to the airline.
The BBC's Karen Allen in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, says the Boeing 737-800 involved in Saturday's incident was just six months old and was part of a new fleet bought by the airline.
Flight KQ 507 originated in Abidjan, in Ivory Coast, and left Douala, in Cameroon, at 0005 local time (0105 GMT) on Saturday. It was due to arrive in Nairobi at 0615 (0315 GMT).
Kenya Airways said the last communication with the missing plane was received by the control tower in Douala, on Cameroon's coast, shortly after take-off.
Mr Mitchell, who was based in Nairobi, Kenya, had been on assignment in the region for the past week and contacted his family before boarding the flight to say he was heading home.
Good safety record
It is understood the journalist is married and lives with his wife, but also has family in London.
He was expelled from Ethiopia in January 2006 after being accused of portraying the country in a bad light in his reports for AP.He was expelled from Ethiopia in January 2006 after being accused of portraying the country in a bad light in his reports for AP.
The Ethiopian government told the journalist, who reported from the country for more than five years, that he was no longer welcome and gave him 24 hours to leave. AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said: "Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home. We hope for the best."
Kathleen Carroll, AP's executive editor, said: "Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home. We hope for the best."
Kenya's national carrier has a good safety record.
However, 169 people died when one of its planes crashed into the sea in 2000 after taking off from Abidjan airport in Ivory Coast.