At least 19 people dead after plane crashes into Lake Victoria

Precision Air plane with 43 people onboard came down in bad weather on its approach to Bukoba airport

At least 19 people have died after a plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania during bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the north-west city of Bukoba, according to the state-owned Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation.

There was an accident involving a Precision Air plane which ... crashed into water about 100 metres from the airport," the regional police commander William Mwampaghale told reporters at Bukoba airport.