5H-PWF, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2011
Accident
Date
6 November 2022
Summary
Crashed while on approach
Site
Lake Victoria, near Bukoba Airport, Bukoba, Tanzania 01°20′07″S31°49′33″E / 1.33528°S 31.82583°E / -1.33528; 31.82583
Aircraft
Aircraft type
ATR 42-500
Aircraft name
Bukoba
Operator
Precision Air
IATA flight No.
PW494
ICAO flight No.
PRF494
Call sign
PRECISION AIR 494
Registration
5H-PWF[1]
Flight origin
Dar es Salaam International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Stopover
Mwanza Airport, Mwanza, Tanzania
Destination
Bukoba Airport, Bukoba, Tanzania
Occupants
43
Passengers
39
Crew
4
Fatalities
19
Injuries
24
Survivors
24
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Crash location on a map of Tanzania
Precision Air Flight 494 (PW494) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight within Tanzania, from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Bukoba Airport via Mwanza Airport. On 6 November 2022, the ATR 42–500 plane crashed in Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba during bad weather and low visibility. Nineteen people were killed, including both pilots who drowned before rescue workers could reach them.[1][2][3][4]
^Dausen, Nuzulack (6 November 2022). "Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania". Reuters. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference BBC63532896 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Hradecky, Simon (6 November 2022). "Accident: Precision AT42 at Bukoba on Nov 6th 2022, overran runway on landing and ended up in Lake Victoria". avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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