Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania
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Passenger plane crashes into Lake
Victoria in Tanzania
A passenger plane crashed into Lake
Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in stormy weather at an
airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, the state broadcaster said.

The aircraft, which had departed from
the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, "fell in Lake Victoria this morning
due to storms and heavy rains", TBC reported.
Video footage and images that
circulated on social media showed the plane almost fully submerged, with only
its green and brown-coloured tail visible above the water line of Lake
Victoria, Africa's largest lake.
Rescue boats were deployed and
emergency workers were continuing to rescue other passengers trapped in the
plane, TBC added.
Precision Air, Tanzania's largest
privately owned airline, identified the plane as flight PW 494 and said it was
"involved in an accident as it was approaching Bukoba Airport". The
airline's statement gave no further details.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu
Hassan called for calm as the rescue operation continued.
"I have received with sadness
the news of the accident involving Precision Air's plane," she tweeted.
"Let's be calm at this moment when rescuers are continuing with the rescue
mission while praying to God to help us."
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