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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Hero fisherman describes being knocked unconscious trying to save pilots from Tanzania plane crash

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A fisherman who was one of the first responders when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania said he was knocked unconscious while trying to save the pilots.

At least 19 people, including both the pilots, died on Sunday after a Precision Air flight that departed from the financial capital Dar es Salaam crash-landed in Lake Victoria during treacherous weather conditions as it approached an airport in Bukoba.

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