By ALLAN OLINGOMore by this AuthorKenya Airways (KQ) made its debut on the National Geographic channel in the popular investigative series, Air Crash Investigation, over its ill-fated 2007 Douala flight. On May 5, 2007, Kenya Airways flight KQA507, from Abidjan to Nairobi, plunged into a mangrove swamp on a stormy night in Douala, Cameroon, minutes after take-off, killing all 114 people on board. ''Season 20 Episode 10: Stormy Cockpit'', which aired on Friday, simulated a 2010 report by Cameroon’s civil aviation authority which attributed the Boeing 737-800 crash to pilot error. AdvertisementRed Cross workers arrive near the scene of a Kenya Airways plane crash in a swampy area close to the village of Mbanga Pongo, 23 km (14 miles) east of the city of Douala, May 7, 2007. A Kenya Airways plane that crashed after takeoff in Cameroon with 114 people on board is largely submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of survivors, Cameroon's civil protection service said.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2020 03:46 UTC