Irishman on board crashed Cameroon plane

An Irishman was on board an aircraft carrying mining executives which crashed in Africa, and whose wreckage has just been found.

Officials in Cameroon say a number of bodies were found with the wreckage.

Irishman James Casserly was one of 11 people on board the privately chartered plane which disappeared on Saturday.

Mr Casserly, who is in his 30s, was born in Ballymena in Co Antrim, but grew up in Quin, Co Clare.

He has been living in London for some time and is understood to have been travelling on a British passport.

It is believed another British man was also on the flight.

Aviation officials said they lost contact with the aircraft on Saturday, just one hour into its flight from Yaounde in Cameroon to Democratic Republic of Congo..

The aircraft, carrying nine passengers, was chartered by Australian mining firm Sundance Resources Ltd.

Those on board were mostly executives from an Australian mining company, including Ken Talbot, one of Australia's richest men.

Cameroon state radio are reporting the wreckage has been found and quote the country's information minister as saying at least nine or 10 bodies had been recovered.