A high powered delegation led by Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere leave for Doula Cameroon later Saturday to assess the status of the missing passengers and plane.Kenya Airways Managing Director Titus Naikuni said the team which includes crash investigators from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, will fly out to assist the Cameroon government in the rescue efforts. Naikuni also added that KQ is in constant contact with the Civil Aviation Authority in Cameroon to get the latest information regarding the crashed plane.
The Cameroon government had already sent a helicopter to the crash site, where a distress signal was last received from the missing plane. KQ says the crashed plane was only 6 months old and was fully maintained and serviced.Families of the 9 KQ crew members who were on the plane have already been informed and Kenya Airways has promised to fly them out to the crash site once concrete details on their status has been determined.
Meanwhile nominated member Prof Ruth Oniango has expressed her sympathy with the unfolding situation. She says as a national carrier, Kenyans should empathize with Kenya airways and join hands at this time of tragedy.
Kenya Broadcasting Corp.
Story by: Daniel Langat ,
Posted: Sat, May 05, 2007
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Experts leave for Cameroon
A Government delegation led by Transport minister, Mr Chirau Ali Mwakwere, will leave for Doula Cameroon later today to assess the plane tragedy and status of the missing passengers.
Kenya Airways managing director, Mr Titus Naikuni, speaking during a press conference at Panari Hotel, said the team which includes crash investigators from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, will assist the Cameroon Government in the rescue.The team of experts will be led by Peter Wakaiya (chief accident investigator Ministry of Transport), Brigadier Jackson Waweru (Deputy Airfor Commander), Nicholas Kamwende (Police anti-terrorism), John Patrick Ochieng (Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of air accident investigations) and Peter Munyao (Inspector accidents at the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority).
At same time, the Government and Cameroon Civil Authority approached the US government to assist in tracking the missing plane."We hope that with satellite communication information we will track the flight path and hopefully establish the fate of flight 507," Mwakwere said.Naikuni added that KQ is in constant contact with the civil aviation authority in Cameroon for the latest information regarding the missing plane. "The information we have just received from Cameroon indicates that the plane went missing 35 nautical miles from Yaounde," said Naikuni.
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Sunday Standard
May, 6, 2007
The Cameroon government had already sent a helicopter to the crash site, where a distress signal was last received from the missing plane. KQ says the crashed plane was only 6 months old and was fully maintained and serviced.Families of the 9 KQ crew members who were on the plane have already been informed and Kenya Airways has promised to fly them out to the crash site once concrete details on their status has been determined.
Meanwhile nominated member Prof Ruth Oniango has expressed her sympathy with the unfolding situation. She says as a national carrier, Kenyans should empathize with Kenya airways and join hands at this time of tragedy.
Kenya Broadcasting Corp.
Story by: Daniel Langat ,
Posted: Sat, May 05, 2007
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Experts leave for Cameroon
A Government delegation led by Transport minister, Mr Chirau Ali Mwakwere, will leave for Doula Cameroon later today to assess the plane tragedy and status of the missing passengers.
Kenya Airways managing director, Mr Titus Naikuni, speaking during a press conference at Panari Hotel, said the team which includes crash investigators from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, will assist the Cameroon Government in the rescue.The team of experts will be led by Peter Wakaiya (chief accident investigator Ministry of Transport), Brigadier Jackson Waweru (Deputy Airfor Commander), Nicholas Kamwende (Police anti-terrorism), John Patrick Ochieng (Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of air accident investigations) and Peter Munyao (Inspector accidents at the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority).
At same time, the Government and Cameroon Civil Authority approached the US government to assist in tracking the missing plane."We hope that with satellite communication information we will track the flight path and hopefully establish the fate of flight 507," Mwakwere said.Naikuni added that KQ is in constant contact with the civil aviation authority in Cameroon for the latest information regarding the missing plane. "The information we have just received from Cameroon indicates that the plane went missing 35 nautical miles from Yaounde," said Naikuni.
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Sunday Standard
May, 6, 2007
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