BREAKING: A plane has crashed into a Tanzanian lake, killing at least 19 people. DETAILS: 9News
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa gave the new death toll, up from three. Earlier, local authorities said 26 of those on the Precision Air flight from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam were rescued and taken to a hospital.The small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria near Bukoba airport.
Photos showed the plane, which was headed to Bukoba Airport, mostly submerged in the lake. Precision Air is a Tanzanian airline company. “We have managed to save quite a number of people,” Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale told journalists. “When the aircraft was about 100 meters midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water,” he said.Mwampaghale said the rescue efforts were continuing.
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