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Precision Air Turboprop Crashes into Lake Victoria, Killing 19

A Precision Air ATR 42 turboprop in purple livery flying over Lake Victoria, Tanzania

On the morning of 6 November 2022, a Precision Air ATR 42 turboprop aircraft crashed into Lake Victoria while on approach to Bukoba Airport in northwest Tanzania, killing nineteen of the forty-three people on board. It was the deadliest commercial aviation accident in East Africa in several years, and it prompted a detailed safety investigation that identified serious failures in how the crew handled a deteriorating situation.

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