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Kenya Airways Douala crash makes debut on National Geographic

Cameroonian Red Cross workers remove human remains from the scene of a Kenya Airways plane crash in a swampy area close to the village of Mbanga Pongo, near the city of Douala, on May 8, 2007. PHOTO | FILE | REUTERS

What you need to know:

  • According to the report, Captain Francis Mbatia, 52, appeared unaware the plane was dangerously banking to the right until it was too late to save the situation.

Kenya Airways (KQ) made its debut on the National Geographic channel in the popular investigative series, Air Crash Investigation, over its ill-fated 2007 Douala flight.

On May 5, 2007, Kenya Airways flight KQA507, from Abidjan to Nairobi, plunged into a mangrove swamp on a stormy night in Douala, Cameroon, minutes after take-off, killing all 114 people on board.