Saturday, May 05, 2007

Seven South Africans onboard crashed plane

By Tando Mfengwana
05 May 2007

It is believed that Seven South African were onboard an airplane that crashed in Cameroon this morning.

The Kenya Airways airliner was carrying 115 people and it went missing this morning on a flight from Abdijan to Nairobi via Douala.

It is reported that the company’s Titus Naikuni says the plane, a Boeing 737-800 carrying 106 passengers, eight crew members and a flight engineer, was due to land in Nairobi this morning.

ABC News quotes him as saying most of the passengers were connecting through Nairobi to other destinations outside Kenya.

A crisis centre has been set up at the company headquarters at Nairobi Airport.

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa urged relatives or friends of these passengers to contact the department on 021 351 1000.

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