France joins Precision Air plane crash probe

France joins Precision Air plane crash probe

 

A spokesperson for France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) air accident investigation agency said on Monday that it was sending a team to Tanzania along with technical advisers from Franco-Italian plane maker ATR.

The plane, which crashed in Lake Victoria, was an ATR 42-500 turboprop made by the company.

Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, plunged into the lake during storms and heavy rain, on a second attempt to make the ill-fated landing as it arrived from Dar es Salaam.

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said investigators had launched a probe into what had happened and experts say that the investigations could take months.

Under international rules, the locally-led investigation would usually include the participation of authorities in France, where the plane was designed, and Canada, where its Pratt & Whitney engines were developed.

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