Precision Air Plane Crash: 19 Dead, 24 Rescued
A Precision Air plane crashed into Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba Airport, leaving at least 19 persons reported dead.
Precision Air Plane Crash: 19 Dead, 24 Rescued
A Precision Air plane crashed into Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba Airport, leaving at least 19 persons reported dead.
According to the airline, 24 passengers have been saved.
The Citizen Tanzania reports that both passengers and cabin personnel are among the deceased. It’s unclear if the deceased were all passengers or if any were rescue workers.
An investigation has been called for, according to the prime minister Kassim Majaliwa on Sunday.
The mystery behind the mismatch in the number of passengers on board will be solved by the investigation.
According to reports, Captain Buruhani Rubaga was flying the aircraft.
The crash’s cause is yet unknown, but unsubstantiated sources claim that severe weather was to blame.
Survivor describes the instant before the fall
A passenger on the tragic Precision Air flight, which has claimed the lives of 19 people so far, has described what truly occurred to the aircraft.
When Richard Komba was tapped on his hospital bed, he appeared composed and said, “We left Dar es Salaam at about 0615 Hours and everything seemed well between Dar and Mwanza, the weather was simply wonderful.”
The pilot warned us that the weather was bad and that it was raining fiercely as we reached Bukoba, so before we could turn around, we flew beyond Bukoba and toward the Ugandan border.
Upon his return, he claimed that they had been informed that the captain would be forced to return to Mwanza if the weather continued to be poor.
As soon as we started to descend into Bukoba Airport, there was a lot of turbulence and it was still pouring severely outside. Before we knew it, we were in the water without any prior notice, according to Komba.
He claims that the water started entering the airplane shortly after the drop and that he was fortunate to be near the back.
We had a member of the cabin crew with us who assisted us with opening the emergence escape, and we soon left the aircraft.
The wait for assistance was lengthy, and even when it did, it was a hand-paddled wooden boat used by lake fishermen, so perhaps it was their easier task.
Since there was no rapid evacuation strategy, Komba added, “we started to worry that the boat would be overloaded.”
