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The pilots of a Precision Air plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in November, killing 19 people, disregarded automatic warnings about the aircraft’s hazardous position, according to Tanzanian authorities on Thursday.
On November 6, a plane carrying 43 people crashed into Africa’s largest lake, killing 19 people and igniting rescue efforts by professionals, locals, and fishermen to locate survivors.
The accident, which was regarded as the worst in decades in Tanzania, was attributed by police to bad weather.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan promised an investigation and ordered the country’s emergency response to be strengthened in response to the accident’s outrage.
The transport ministry stated on Thursday that the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) had issued three alerts indicating a rapid descent of the aircraft in the second preliminary report made public since the crash.
The crew had placed the plane in a nose-down attitude, according to the ministry’s accident investigation department, which added that “the alert was not followed by any corrective action by the crew.”
According to the report, the aircraft was flying in poor visibility and weather, which “may have contributed to the lack of response to the alert.”
Another report, released shortly after the accident, highlighted flaws in the rescue system and added that better planning could have saved more passengers.
