The latest information on the Kenya Airways information website states, "Kenya Airways regrets to confirm that its Flight KQ 507 from Douala to Nairobi has been located on a mangrove swamp, 20 km southeast of Douala, on the planned flight path." The website also indicates that search and rescue operations have been initiated. There are no survivors. Plane 5Y-KYA photographed in 2006. Credit: Terry Wade Flight KQ 507 had 8 crew members, 106 passengers and a flight engineer on board, and was traveling from Abidjan to Nairobi . It made a stopover in Douala , Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane before it continued on its flight. The plane sent a distress signal at 2:00 a.m., just after it took off from Cameroon, but it is not known what triggered the distress signal. The plane was supposed to land at 6:15 a.m. local time, but never arrived. It left Abidjan at 11:05 p.m. local time in Nairobi. Earlier the chief meteorologist for the airport in Douala , Cameroon, Thomas Sobakam said that "signs" of Flight KQ 507 were located, but also said that what was located was not wreckage. Sabakam also said that the reports that wreckage had been found were "premature." 37: Cameroonians 15: Indians 9: Kenyan crew members 7: South Africans 6: Nigerians; Ivorians 5: British, Chinese 3: Nigerians 2: Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; 1: Burkina Faso; Comoros ; Congo-Brazzaville; Egyptian; Ghanaian; Malian; Mauritius; Mauritanian; Senegalese; South Korean; Swede; Swiss; Tanzanian; Togolese; American
The latest information on the information website states, "Kenya Airways regrets to confirm that its from Douala to Nairobi has been located on a mangrove swamp, 20 km southeast of Douala, on the planned flight path." The website also indicates that search and rescue operations have been initiated. There are no survivors. Plane 5Y-KYA photographed in 2006. Credit: Terry Wade Flight KQ 507 had 8 crew members, 106 passengers and a flight engineer on board, and was traveling from to . It made a stopover in , Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane before it continued on its flight. The plane sent a distress signal at 2:00 a.m., just after it took off from Cameroon, but it is not known what triggered the distress signal. The plane was supposed to land at 6:15 a.m. local time, but never arrived. It left Abidjan at 11:05 p.m. local time in Nairobi. Earlier the chief meteorologist for the airport in , Cameroon, Thomas Sobakam said that "signs" of Flight KQ 507 were located, but also said that what was located was not wreckage. Sabakam also said that the reports that wreckage had been found were "premature." 37: Cameroonians 15: Indians 9: Kenyan crew members 7: South Africans 6: Nigerians; Ivorians 5: British, Chinese 3: Nigerians 2: Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; 1: Burkina Faso; ; Congo-Brazzaville; Egyptian; Ghanaian; Malian; Mauritius; Mauritanian; Senegalese; South Korean; Swede; Swiss; Tanzanian; Togolese; American
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