A plane belonging to a private company maintaining hydrocarbon pipelines crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday with 11 people on board, and the rescue services are trying to find the occupants, we learned from the Ministry of transportation.
Air traffic services "lost radio contact with the aircraft" and then the aircraft was
"located in the forest"
near Nanga Eboko, some 150 km northeast of Yaoundé, the ministry said in a statement. communicated, without further details on the fate of the passengers.
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“He crashed to the ground”
and
“our teams are trying to see if it is possible to save people”
, confirmed to AFP a ministry official who requested anonymity.
The aircraft is chartered by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company SA (COTCO) told AFP this source and another senior official of the aeronautical authorities, also on condition of anonymity.
COTCO is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of a pipeline between Cameroon and neighboring Chad.
The plane, whose type and brand has not been made public, was linking Yaoundé-Nsimalen airport to Belabo, in the east of the country, the ministry statement said.
“Land resources are currently en route to the site”
of the crash of the aircraft to
“provide assistance to its occupants”
, concludes the press release.
