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  • Engine failure studied in Cameroon crash (114 dead)

    05/07/2007 12:57:00 PM PDT · by Mr. Silverback · 21 replies · 736+ views
    AP/Yahoo ^ | 7 May 07 | HEIDI VOGT
    Investigators focused Monday on the possibility a Kenya Airways jetliner lost power in both engines during a storm just after takeoff and was trying to glide back to the airport when it plunged into a mangrove swamp 12 miles from the runway. All 114 people on board were killed in the crash, officials in this West African nation said after picking their way along a muddy path to the site strewn with pieces of metal, bodies and shoes. After being delayed an hour by storms, the Kenya-bound Boeing 737-800 sent a distress signal shortly after takeoff from Douala early Saturday,...