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| Britons on missing airliner named | Britons on missing airliner named |
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| Five Britons on board a plane thought to have crashed in southern Cameroon have been named by the Foreign Office. | Five Britons on board a plane thought to have crashed in southern Cameroon have been named by the Foreign Office. |
| Sarah Stewart, Adam Stewart, Anthony Mitchell, Stuart Claisse and Gordon Wright were on the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 when it came down. | Sarah Stewart, Adam Stewart, Anthony Mitchell, Stuart Claisse and Gordon Wright were on the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 when it came down. |
| Officials in Cameroon say search teams have now found wreckage from the plane, which had 114 people on board. | Officials in Cameroon say search teams have now found wreckage from the plane, which had 114 people on board. |
| The flight originated in Ivory Coast and was reported missing on Saturday after it failed to arrive in Kenya. | The flight originated in Ivory Coast and was reported missing on Saturday after it failed to arrive in Kenya. |
| Search hampered | Search hampered |
| The FO said the Britons' next of kin had been informed but that no further details could be given. | The FO said the Britons' next of kin had been informed but that no further details could be given. |
| When the search restarted it was hampered by fog and deep forest. | When the search restarted it was hampered by fog and deep forest. |
| Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home Kathleen CarrollAP executive editor | Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home Kathleen CarrollAP executive editor |
| Contact with Flight KQ507 was lost by air traffic control shortly after take-off from Douala in Cameroon at 0005 local time (0105 GMT). It was due to arrive in Nairobi at 0615 (0315 GMT). | Contact with Flight KQ507 was lost by air traffic control shortly after take-off from Douala in Cameroon at 0005 local time (0105 GMT). It was due to arrive in Nairobi at 0615 (0315 GMT). |
| Extensive aerial reconnaissance was used over a large area of southern Cameroon and officials scoured the zone in cars and on motorbikes. | Extensive aerial reconnaissance was used over a large area of southern Cameroon and officials scoured the zone in cars and on motorbikes. |
| In one area villagers said they heard a loud crash in the forest but there has been no sign of any wreckage. | In one area villagers said they heard a loud crash in the forest but there has been no sign of any wreckage. |
| People from at least 23 different nationalities were on board, according to Kenya Airways. | |
| Cameroon state radio said the plane came down south of Douala. | Cameroon state radio said the plane came down south of Douala. |
| Journalist hope | Journalist hope |
| Mr Mitchell, who was based in Nairobi for news agency Associated Press (AP), had been on assignment in the region for the past week and contacted his family before boarding the flight to say he was heading home. It is understood he has family in London. | Mr Mitchell, who was based in Nairobi for news agency Associated Press (AP), had been on assignment in the region for the past week and contacted his family before boarding the flight to say he was heading home. It is understood he has family in London. |
| He was expelled from Ethiopia in January 2006 after being accused of portraying the country in a bad light in his reports for AP. | He was expelled from Ethiopia in January 2006 after being accused of portraying the country in a bad light in his reports for AP. |
| AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said: "Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home. We hope for the best." | AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said: "Anthony had contacted his family before boarding the flight to let them know he was headed home. We hope for the best." |