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Wreckage found after Cameroon plane crash

Kenya Airways - Wreckage found
Kenya Airways - Wreckage found

The wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane that crashed with 114 people on board was found in a swamp a short distance from Cameroon's Douala airport officials said, but there was no word of any survivors.

The Boeing 737-800, carrying passengers from more than 20 countries, vanished on Saturday shortly after taking off from Douala for Nairobi in torrential rain.

The wreckage was found 20km southeast of the airport along the plane's flight path, Kenya Airways said.

An aviation official said a ground team was at the site and a search party was trying to reach the area by helicopter.

It was more than 100km from the zone where radar-equipped helicopters, ground search parties and villagers on motorbikes had spent much of the weekend combing thick tropical forest.

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.