Yaounde - Six bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a light aircraft that went missing in the west African state of Cameroon three months ago, a local journalist said on Monday.
The Cameroon transport ministry announced that late on Sunday, a huntsman had discovered the shattered remains of a twin-engined Piper PA-34 plane on the western slopes of Mount Cameroon in the south-west of the country.
A local journalist said "six bodies in a state of decomposition" had been found.
The plane took of from Lome in the west African state of Togo on February 23 bound for Johannesburg, and was reported missing after air traffic control at Port Harcourt airport lost contact, the transport ministry said.
An investigation into the cause of the crash has already been opened.
"Following the discovery the accident area has been sealed off by local authorities, preventing access," the local journalist said.
"The huntsman himself has since been hospitalised and journalists are not allowed to talk to him," he said. It was not immediately clear why the man had been admitted to hospital.
The discovery comes two weeks after 114 people died when a Kenya Airways Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed in Cameroon.
It took two days to find the wreckage, prompting criticism of the country's rescue services. - Sapa-AFP