Rescuers in boats and standing within the water are seen across the tail fin of a crashed Precision Air passenger plane on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, in western Tanzania on Sunday.

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Rescuers in boats and standing within the water are seen across the tail fin of a crashed Precision Air passenger plane on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, in western Tanzania on Sunday.

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A small passenger aircraft crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on method to an airport in Tanzania, and the nation’s prime minister says 19 individuals on board had been killed.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa gave the brand new loss of life toll, up from three. Earlier, native authorities stated 26 of these on the Precision Air flight from the coastal metropolis of Dar es Salaam had been rescued and brought to a hospital. It was not clear if any of those that had been rescued died on the hospital.

Photos confirmed the aircraft, which was headed to Bukoba Airport, largely submerged within the lake. Precision Air is a Tanzanian airline firm.

“We have managed to save quite a number of people,” Kagera province police commander William Mwampaghale informed journalists.

“When the aircraft was about 100 meters (328 feet) midair, it encountered problems and bad weather. It was raining and the plane plunged into the water,” he stated.

Mwampaghale stated the rescue efforts had been persevering with.