Kenya Airways Pilot Took Off Despite Warning- Air Chief

Yaounde — The pilot of a Kenya Airways plane that crashed in Cameroon this month decided to take off in stormy weather while other flights waited for conditions to improve, Cameroon's civil aviation chief said on Tuesday.

Cameroon has launched an investigation into the crash of the six-month-old Boeing 737-800, which plunged into a swampy jungle not far from Douala airport shortly after taking off around midnight on May 5. All 114 people on board were killed.

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