From SkyNews
Plane Carrying 115 People Crashes
Updated: 09:33, Saturday May 05, 2007
A passenger jet carrying 115 people has crashed in Cameroon.
Kenya Airways lost contact with the plane shortly after takeoff and a search operation was launched.
A Kenya Airways jet crashed in 2000 killing 169 peopleAir traffic controllers picked up a distress signal from the aircraft before contact was lost.
The flight originally began in Ivory Coast but stopped in Douala - Cameroon's largest city - to pick up more passengers en route to the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The 737-800 was carrying 106 passengers, eight crew members and a flight engineer.
The plane is the latest generation of 737 capable of carrying 189 passengers and has long-range capability.