![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tanzania-plane-crash-kills-19-after-passenger-jet-crashes-into-lake-victoria/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_TANZANIA-AIR-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT.jpg&description=Flight PW494, from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, crashed into Lake Victoria at 8.53am local time. Rescuers rushed to the scene but sadly 19 people, including two pilots, lost their livesRescuers search for survivors after a plane crashed into Lake Victoria At least 19 people have died after a small passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania this morning. The Precision Air flight from Dar es Salaam, one of the main cities of the country in East Africa, experienced "problems and bad weather " while approaching Bukoba Airport, the capital of the Kagera Region in northwest Tanzania, local authorities said. Flight PW494 hit the water during storms and heavy rain, the state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported. Photos from the scene of the incident showed the plane mostly submerged in Lake Victoria, which is one of the African Great Lakes. Rescuers rushed to the scene of the incident to pull put trapped passengers, authorities said. Officials added there were 43 people on board and 26 of them were taken to hospital after the crash. Nineteen people have died, Tanzania's Prime Minister said ( Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock) Initially, it was estimated that there were three casualties, but later Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa confirmed the new death toll of 19 people. The PM said: "All Tanzanians join you in mourning these 19 people ... who have lost their lives." He added authorities are carrying out an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale said: "We have managed to save quite a number of people. Tanzanian officials said 26 people have been rescued so far ( STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) "When the aircraft was about 100 metres (328ft) midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. "It was raining and the plane plunged into the water. Everything is under control." The plane left Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of Tanzania, and "crash-landed" at 8.53am local time (5.53am GMT) as i){kind=link}
Flight PW494, from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, crashed into Lake Victoria at 8.53am local time. Rescuers rushed to the scene but sadly 19 people, including two pilots, lost their lives
At least 19 people have died after a small passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania this morning.
The Precision Air flight from Dar es Salaam, one of the main cities of the country in East Africa, experienced “problems and bad weather ” while approaching Bukoba Airport, the capital of the Kagera Region in northwest Tanzania, local authorities said.
Flight PW494 hit the water during storms and heavy rain, the state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported.
Photos from the scene of the incident showed the plane mostly submerged in Lake Victoria, which is one of the African Great Lakes.