Death Toll in Tanzania Plane Crash Reportedly Rises to 19
A passenger plane flies directly over a home as it brings increased noise to residential neighborhoods like this one near Phoenix as new FAA flight routes out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are affecting dozens of neighborhoods with the new noise that residents previously did not have to be subjected to Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Laveen, Ariz.
The plane was reportedly manufactured by the Franco-Italian concern ATR and belongs to Tanzania’s largest private airline, Precision Air. A Precision Air passenger plane crashed in Tanzania and a rescue team was sent to the scene, the airline said on Twitter. According to the country’s prime minister, 19 people on board have died.”Precision Air flight number PW 494, flying from Dar es Salaam to Bukoba, was involved in an accident as it was approaching Bukoba Airport. A rescue team has been dispatched to the scene,” the Tweet says.The plane, with 49 passengers and four crew members, is said to have plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 100 meters from the airport.The crash was caused by bad weather conditions, local media said.A video posted to Twitter shows the plane’s fuselage – apparently intact but submerged in shallow water, with its tail sticking out of the water – and a crowd of locals watching the rescue efforts of several fishing boats.The latest plane accident in Tanzania occurred five years ago, when 11 people died in result of Safari Company’s plane crash.
