19 people have died after a plane crashed into a lake in Tanzania
Twenty-six of the 43 people on board the Precision Air flight were initially rescued and rushed to hospital.
The plane's pilots survived the initial crash and managed to speak to local officials from the cockpit but the prime minister says they may have since died.News reports showed photos of the plane mostly submerged in the lake. "We have managed to save quite a number of people," Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale told journalists.
"When the aircraft was about 100 metres midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water," he said.Precision Air is Tanzania's largest private airline and is partly owned by Kenya Airways. It was founded in 1993 and operates domestic and regional flights.
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