A passenger plane with 43 people on board crashed into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria on Sunday as it approached the northwestern town of Bukoba.
The accident is being blamed on bad weather.
43 people, including 39 passengers, the two pilots and two crew members, were on the flight from the economic capital Dar es Salaam to Bukoba, a town on the shores of the lake, Africa’s largest and the source of the Nile.
Rescuers on Sunday afternoon worked to recover survivors and lift the plane out of the water using cables and cranes.
Commander of Police, Kagera province, said: “It is true that there has been an accident in Kagera province and everything is under control as all rescues and safety equipment have been deployed to help out.
“We have managed to save quite a number of people and we will give a brief statement after we finish with our rescue efforts.”
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