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8th May 2007, 15:05
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Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Apparently the distress signal was ELT one and...

Apparently the distress signal was ELT one and there was no call as well as loss of communication.
If the engines lost power to whatever reason, crew had at least a moment or so to make a report or...
7th May 2007, 15:41
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Would an observation from an eyewitness of the...

Would an observation from an eyewitness of the crash site help??

It appears to be high-speed, nose down (almost vertical) impact. Parts of the aircraft buried in the mangroves and hardly...
6th May 2007, 23:03
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

There is no radar in Douala.

There is no radar in Douala.
6th May 2007, 21:55
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

You are obviously AN2 driver. As far as any...

You are obviously AN2 driver. As far as any modern jet is concerned, it climbs at 2000 f/m and it should reach FL60 as you said (normally 50 in Douala when you contact Control) in 3 or so minutes....
6th May 2007, 21:32
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Lightning?

Everything is a speculation at this early stage and PPRUNE being just a rumour network, since “aircraft was airborne, according to some reports, for 11 minutes and crash site, according to the latest...
6th May 2007, 12:30
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Found, not found… First Cameroonian State...

Found, not found…

First Cameroonian State Radio reported that the crash site has been found and now they say it has not been found…


Yaounde - Cameroon's state radio said on Sunday it did not...
6th May 2007, 10:46
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

042300z

Matt,

Wx you have given us is from 050200Z. Plane took off around midnight (042300Z).


A lot of lightning reported in the area.
5th May 2007, 09:45
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Road

Roy, you have obviously not driven on an African road. If you have and be alive to tell you wouldn’t have said so. There are dangers in Africa but the road is NOT safe option.

There are numerous...
5th May 2007, 09:27
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Kribi

Normal flight path from Douala to Nairobi should have taken them over Yaoundé. Somebody reported that the crash site is south of Kribi, quite off-track…
5th May 2007, 08:41
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

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...
5th May 2007, 08:19
Replies: 430
Views: 205,582
Posted By Very_Low_and_Fast

Still nothing found...

CHC’s Twin Otter is flying around Douala looking for any signs of crash right now (don’t know if Cameroon official search and rescue – Cameroon Air Force is involved at all).

No, Douala and...
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