At least 19 dead after plane crashes into Lake Victoria

Rescue operations underway after a plane carrying 43 people crashed into Lake Victoria

Rescue operations underway after a plane carrying 43 people crashed into Lake Victoria Source: AAP / STR/EPA

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In Tanzania, a small passenger plane has crashed after attempting to land in the northwest of the country, killing at least 19 people. The plane faced difficult weather and crash landed in Lake Victoria, where locals and rescuers saved 24 people.

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