DOUALA, Cameroon, May 8 (UPI) — A Kenyan Airlines plane that crashed in a Cameroon swamp, apparently killing the 114 people aboard, ran into trouble right after taking off, officials said.
The Boeing 737-800 crashed Saturday in a forest 25 miles from where it took off in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, headed to Nairobi with passengers and crew from more than 20 countries, The Nation reported.
Officials were searching for the plane's black box in a water-filled huge hole left by the plane's fuselage.
After visiting the scene, there is no possibility that any passenger survived, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere told reporters, The Nation reported.
The flight had been delayed for nearly an hour before its departure.
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The Boeing 737-800 crashed Saturday in a forest 25 miles from where it took off in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, headed to Nairobi with passengers and crew from more than 20 countries, The Nation reported.
Officials were searching for the plane's black box in a water-filled huge hole left by the plane's fuselage.
After visiting the scene, there is no possibility that any passenger survived, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere told reporters, The Nation reported.
The flight had been delayed for nearly an hour before its departure.
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