pilot error cause of 2007 crash in Cameroon of a Kenya Airways flight

Pilot error was to blame for the 2007 crash in Cameroon of a Kenya Airways flight in which 114 people died, an official investigation has concluded.

A report says the Boeing 737 took off during a storm without clearance from air traffic control in Douala.
The pilot was given misleading instructions about how to stabilise the aircraft which then crashed upside down into a swamp, it says.

The Kenyan authorities said lessons had been learned and safety improved.

The investigation was carried out by the authorities in Cameroon in conjunction with Kenya Airways
At a press conference in Nairobi following the release of the report, Kenya Airways sought to cast doubt over the degree to which human error was to blame.