Kenyan plane crash wreckage located

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Air traffic controllers lost contact with Kenya Airways flight KQ507 shortly after it took off from Douala in Cameroon.

Rescuers spent more than 40 hours searching for the crashed Boeing 737-800 across a huge area of dense rainforest in drenching rain and thick fog.

After several false reports that the wreckage had been found, it was finally located in a mangrove forest about six miles outside Douala, local aviation officials said.

Thomas Sobakam, chief of meteorology for Douala airport, said there was no information on whether there were any survivors or on the condition of the aircraft.

The aircraft, which was only six-months-old, originated in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast but stopped in the coastal city of Douala to pick up more passengers, including all five Britons.

It took off again bound for the Kenyan capital Nairobi but shortly afterwards sent out an automatic distress signal.

The British nationals on board have been named as married couple Adam and Sarah Stewart, Anthony Mitchell, Stuart Claisse and Gordon Wright.

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said their next of kin had been informed but could not disclose any more details.

Mr Mitchell, 39, is a journalist with the Associated Press news agency based in Nairobi. Mrs Stewart is chief financial officer for South African mobile phone giant MTN's Cameroon operations.