UPDATE: Witness saw four bodies carried from site of Ivory Coast plane crash

Update: At least four people are believed to have been killed when a cargo plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean just after taking off from Ivory Coast's airport in Abidjan.

Update 1.09pm: At least six people were injured, who were taken to the Port-Bouet camp in Abidjan for treatment, the spokesman for French forces in Ivory Coast said.

Student Ange Koutaye Ismael, 19, said he saw four bodies carried out of the plane, which had been broken in two in the shallow waters.