At least 19 people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday (November 6) while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister and airline said, Reuters reports.
Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, hit the water during storms and heavy rain, the state Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported.
Rescuers in boats rushed to the wreckage, which was almost fully submerged, to pull out trapped passengers, local authorities said.
"We recovered 19 bodies. There are two people whose whereabouts are still unknown." Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told reporters in the lakeside city of Bukoba, close to the scene of the crash.
Investigators were looking into what happened, he added.
