Nairobi, May 5, 2007 - A passenger jet flying to the Kenyan capital Nairobi carrying 106 passengers and nine crew members crashed today near the coastal district of Kribi, Cameroon , as per Cameroon radio. The official confirmation is still awaited.  

However, Kenya Airways said that the d authorities in Cameroon had picked up an automatic distress signal in the area where the plane went missing.

Earlier Saturday a spokeswoman for Nairobi airport, where the plane was due to land, said that contact with the plane was lost shortly after takeoff from Douala in Cameroon.

'We have no further information,' she added.

The Boeing 737 originally took off from the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan and made an interim stop at Douala before taking off again shortly after midnight on its way to Nairobi. It was due to land early Saturday.

Meanwhile South African Foreign Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa told the SAPA news agency that seven South Africans were onboard the plane.

'The South African government extends heartfelt condolences to the Kenyan and Cameroonian authorities as well as the South African families,' Mamoepa said.

Kenya Airways is a partner of KLM and Air France. In 2000 a Kenya Airways plane crashed following takeoff in Abidjan, killing 170.

A spokesperson for the airline told South African radio that the plane involved Saturday was brand new.

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