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May 7, 2007

Officials Say No Chance of Survivors From Kenya Airways Crash
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=175E37C:A6F02AD83191E160B9824EFEF4FD03BC9574F7DCC14957C0 Rescue teams
reached crash site report finding pieces of wreckage spread over a
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Cameroon troops provide security at the crash site of a Kenya airline
plane in Mbanga Pongo, Cameroon, 07 May 2007Officials say there is
virtually no chance of finding survivors from the Kenya Airways jet
that crashed in Cameroon Saturday.

Rescue teams that reached the crash site late Sunday report finding
pieces of wreckage spread over a large area, with the body of the jet
apparently submerged in a swamp.

Officials in both Kenya and Cameroon Monday said they see no chance
any of the plane's 114 passengers and crew survived.

The Boeing 737 jet went down during a torrential rainstorm early
Saturday after taking off from the Cameroonian city of Douala.

Authorities were not able to locate the plane for more than 40 hours
before it was found about 20 kilometers south of the Douala airport.

Many of the 114 people aboard the plane were Kenyans, but the
passenger list included people from more than 20 countries.

At least one American was on the flight, in addition to people from
China, India and Europe.

There has been no word on what may have caused the crash, or whether
the jet's data and voice flight recorders are intact.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.




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