Sunday, May 06, 2007

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.
06/05/07 The Standard, Kenya
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