The pilots of the crashed plane ignored the warnings

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A Precision Air plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania on November 8, 2022. SITID Protasis / AFP

Tanzanian officials said on Thursday March 23 that they had operated a plane from a plane Precision Air CompanyIn November, the plane crashed into Lake Victoria, killing 19, after the plane ignored automatic warnings.

On November 6, a plane carrying 43 people plunged into the waters of Africa’s largest lake, killing 19, as rescue workers, fishermen and residents scrambled to rescue survivors.

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A promise to investigate

Police blamed the bad weather for what is believed to be the worst accident in decades in Tanzania. Faced with outrage over the accident, President Samia Suluhu Hassan promised an investigation and ordered the country’s state of emergency to be strengthened.

In the second preliminary report released after the crash, Thursday estimated that the on-board warning system used to detect proximity to the ground (the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, or EGPWS) issued three warnings. Airplane. “Following this warning, the crew did not take proper action“he assured the ministry’s department in charge of accident investigations, before adding that the crew nosedived the plane to the contrary.

The report said the plane was flying in bad weather and low visibility.may have contributed to the lack of response to the alert“. Another report released shortly after the crash pointed to glitches in the rescue system, and a better system could have saved more passengers.

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