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| A Kenya Airways plane that crashed in Cameroon on Saturday has been found submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of any survivors, officials say. | A Kenya Airways plane that crashed in Cameroon on Saturday has been found submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of any survivors, officials say. |
| The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 114 people from at least 23 countries. | |
| The plane, which originated in Ivory Coast, came down shortly after taking off in heavy rain from Douala en route to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | The plane, which originated in Ivory Coast, came down shortly after taking off in heavy rain from Douala en route to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. |
| The wreckage of the six-month-old jet was found more than 36 hours after vanishing from radar screens. | The wreckage of the six-month-old jet was found more than 36 hours after vanishing from radar screens. |
| "There are no chances that there will be any survivors because almost the entire body of the plane was buried inside the swamp," Jean-Pierre Nana, director of Cameroon's civil protection department, told Reuters. | |
| Cameroon's state radio said: "All the people on board the plane perished as there was no sign of survivors." | |
| The report said the plane was discovered 20 km (12 miles) south-east of Douala. | |
| Good record | |
| Flight KQ 507 left Douala at 0005 on Saturday (2305 GMT Friday) and was due to arrive in Kenya at 0615 (0315 GMT). | |
| NATIONALITIES OF MISSING 35 Cameroon15 India9 Kenya (crew)7 South Africa6 China6 Ivory Coast6 Nigeria5 Britain3 Niger2 Central African Republic2 Democratic Republic of Congo2 Equatorial Guinea1 Ghana; Sweden; Togo; Mali; Switzerland; Comoros; Egypt; Mauritius; Senegal; Congo; Tanzania; US; Burkina Faso 3 unidentifiedSource: Kenya Airways | |
| It sent a communication to the control tower in Douala shortly after take-off and later issued an automatic distress signal, Kenya Airways said. | |
| Search efforts initially focused on dense jungle under the plane's intended flight path from Douala and then on a swamp area where fishermen reported hearing noises the night the plane disappeared. | |
| It was the fishermen who led rescuers to the site, said Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni. | |
| Officials said it was too early determine what caused the crash. | |
| The aircraft was just six months old and part of a new fleet bought by the airline, which has a good safety record. | |
| But in January 2000, one of its planes crashed into the sea after taking off from Abidjan, killing 169 passengers. Ten people survived. |