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Cameroon creates commission to investigate Kenya Airways' plane crash
www.chinaview.cn 2007-05-08 20:02:49
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Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni listens to questions during a news conference in Douala, Cameroon May 8, 2007. Cameroon opened an inquiry on Tuesday into the crash of a Kenya Airways plane which rescuers took nearly two days to find, as forensic experts began identifying the remains of the 114 victims.

Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni listens to questions during a news conference in Douala, Cameroon May 8, 2007. Cameroon opened an inquiry on Tuesday into the crash of a Kenya Airways plane which rescuers took nearly two days to find, as forensic experts began identifying the remains of the 114 victims. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    YAOUNDE, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni established a technical commission to investigate the crash of Kenya Airways' flight KQ507, Cameroonian national radio reported Tuesday.

    One of the two black boxes of the plane which crashed on Saturday in Douala, commercial capital of Cameroon was found, Cameroon's Civil Aviation Authorities announced Monday, at the same time clarifying the black box was the one for flight settings.

    The whereabouts of the one for recording cockpit conversation were yet to be established.

    Meanwhile, American company Boeing officials are scheduled to arrive in Cameroon Tuesday to help with the investigations into the crash, as the plane involved, a Boeing 737-800, had only been in service for six months and as such was still under the company's guarantee.

    After a day of rescue work, rescue teams restarted their work Tuesday morning, while saying there were no survivors.

    Cameroonian government said Sunday evening the plane crashed around the village of Mbangapongo, in Douala's 3rd arrondissement in the province of Litorral.

    The Kenya Airways flight KQ507, linking Abidjan and Nairobi via Douala, left Douala International Airport Saturday at 00:05 and was reported missing several minutes after take off.

    Aboard the plane were 114 people, including 105 passengers and nine crew members.

Editor: Xiao Jie
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