Kenya Airways Flight 507 · Douala
On May 5, 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507 (Douala). 114 people died.
- Date
- May 5, 2007
- Place
- Douala
- Operator
- Kenya Airways
- Killed
- 114
- Position
- 3.951°N, 9.734°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1739099
From Wikipedia
Kenya Airways Flight 507 was a scheduled international passenger service between Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Nairobi, Kenya, with a stopover in Douala, Cameroon, operated by Kenya Airways. On 5 May 2007, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft serving the flight crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, killing all 114 occupants onboard.
The plane broke up into small pieces and came to rest mostly submerged in a mangrove swamp, 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi; 2.9 nmi) to the south (176°) of the end of Douala International Airport's runway 12. There were no survivors. The investigation by the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority determined that the pilots failed to notice and correct excessive bank following takeoff. This led to the loss of control and crash of the aircraft.
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