The crew of investigators contains technical advisers from Franco-Italian planemaker ATR, which made the crashed aircraft.
French air accident investigators are being deployed to Tanzania to help within the investigation of a passenger aircraft crash that killed at the very least 19 individuals on Sunday.
A spokesperson for France’s BEA air accident investigation company mentioned on Monday that it was sending a crew to Tanzania together with technical advisers from Franco-Italian planemaker ATR.
The aircraft, which crashed in Lake Victoria, was an ATR 42-500 turboprop made by the corporate.
Flight PW494, operated by Precision Air, hit the water throughout storms and heavy rain, state Tanzania Broadcasting Company (TBC) reported. The tragedy occurred whereas the aircraft was making an attempt to land at a close-by airport, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa and the airline mentioned.
Majaliwa mentioned investigators had launched a probe into what had occurred and specialists say that might take months.
Beneath worldwide guidelines, the locally-led investigation would normally embody the participation of authorities in France, the place the aircraft was designed, and Canada, the place its Pratt & Whitney engines have been developed.
ATR mentioned it was “totally engaged to assist the client and the investigation”.