- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 06, 2022 |
Time: | 0853 |
Location: | Bukoba, Tanzania |
Operator: | Precision Air |
Flight #: | PW494 |
Route: | Dar es-Salaam -Bukoba |
AC Type: | ATR 42-500 |
Registration: | 5H-PWF |
cn / ln: | 819 |
Aboard: | 43 (passengers:39 crew:39) |
Fatalities: | 19 (passengers:17 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While on final approach to Bukoba Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to heavy rain. Tthe airplane descended too low, and crashed into Lake Victoria, about 100 meters short of runway 31. Both pilots were killed. |
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