1. "Oh my last born, my last born, where am I going to go?" Kezzia Musimbi Kadurenge, the mother of a missing crew member, said in Kenya.

2. "Oh my last born, my last born, where am I going to go?" Kezzia Musimbi Kadurenge, the mother of a missing crew–member, said in Kenya.

3. Family members gathered in Nairobi and Douala, many weeping. Oh my last born, my last born, where am I going to go?‘‘ Kezzia Musimbi Kadurenge, the mother of a missing crew member, said in Kenya. I‘m finished.‘‘ Kenya Airways is considered one of the safest airlines in Africa.

4. Family members gathered at the Nairobi and Douala airports, many openly weeping. Oh my last born, my last born, where am I going to go?‘‘ Kezzia Musimbi Kadurenge, the mother of a missing crew member, said in Kenya. I‘m finished.‘‘ Officials said it was too early to tell what caused the plane to go down so quickly after takeoff. Whatever happened must have happened very fast, which is usually a sign of catastrophic structural failure,‘‘ said Patrick Smith, a U.S. based–airline pilot and aviation expert. A plane never takes off into a thunderstorm, no crew or carrier would allow that,‘‘ he said. But it is remotely possible that the plane could have inadvertently gone into some extremely turbulent air and suffered massive hail damage or a sudden structural failure.