The wreckage of a Mozambique Airlines plane that disappeared over Namibia has been found with all 34 people on board dead.

The burned-out aircraft was found in the Bwabwata National Park, near the borders with Angola and Botswana.

Namibia Police Force deputy commissioner Willy Bampton told newsmen that the plane has been completely burnt to ashes and there are no survivors.

The Flight TM470 took off from the country's capital, Maputo, at 11:26 (09:26 GMT) and was due to arrive in the Angolan capital, Luanda, at 14:10.

The last contact made with the plane was when it was over northern Namibia.

The authorities say most of those on board were Mozambican or Angolan, and several more were Portuguese. The aircraft also carried one citizen each from Brazil, China and France.

Initially, the airline had said that there were signs the aircraft might have landed near Rundu but on Saturday, Mr Bampton said villagers in the area had heard an explosion.