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Video shows passengers standing on top of plane after deadly crash | CNN
A Tanzanian commercial flight operated by Precision Air crash-landed in bad weather in Lake Victoria, killing 19 people. The country's Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said officials believe all bodies have been recovered from the airplane. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.
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| Date: | Sunday 6 November 2022 |
| Time: | 08:53 |
| Type: | 
ATR 42-500 |
| Operator: | Precision Air |
| Registration: | 5H-PWF |
| MSN: | 819 |
| First flight: | 2010-08-16 (12 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 43 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | off Bukoba Airport (BKZ) (
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA), Tanzania |
| Destination airport: | Bukoba Airport (BKZ/HTBU), Tanzania |
| Flightnumber: | PW494 |
Precision Air flight 494, an ATR 42-500, came down in Lake Victoria near Bukoba Airport (BKZ), Tanzania.
Preliminary reports suggest the was on final approach to runway 31 at the time of the accident.
Officials reported 19 occupants were confirmed to have died.
Bukoba has a single runway (13/31), 1385 m long. Distance between the shore and the runway 31 threshold is 130 meters.
Weather at the time of the accident was said to have been poor. The latest available Metar weather report was from 03:00 UTC, about 2,5-3 hours before the accident. At that time winds were from 270 degrees at 4 knots with scattered clouds at 1200 feet, few Cumulonimbus clouds at 1400 feet and broken clouds at 8000 feet.
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