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Delegation visits Kenyan plane crash site

DOUALA, Cameroon, May 7 (UPI) -- An official who viewed the crash site of a Kenyan Airlines plane that went down in Cameroon with 114 aboard said there is no hope of survivors.

The member of the delegation told Kenyan Capital News the plane's fuselage is submerged in a mangrove swamp and other pieces of the Boeing 737-800 are scattered over a large area.

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The delegation, which included the governor of Douala, left the area and planned to return Monday, Kenyan Capital News reported.

The flight, carrying passengers and crew from more than 20 countries, originated in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and was on its way to Nairobi when it disappeared Saturday. An air search found it Sunday in a Cameroon mangrove swamp.

The Nation reported that diplomats and relatives of passengers from several countries were at emergency centers at the Nairobi InterContinental Hotel and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Cameroon and India had the most citizens aboard, with 35 and 15, respectively, The Nation reported.

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