Precision Air Flight 494
The wreckage of 5H-PWF after being recovered from Lake Victoria | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 November 2022 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Lake Victoria, near Bukoba Airport, Bukoba, Tanzania 01°20′07″S 31°49′33″E / 1.33528°S 31.82583°E |
| Aircraft | |
| 5H-PWF, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2011 | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 42-500 |
| Aircraft name | Bukoba |
| Operator | Precision Air |
| IATA flight No. | PW494 |
| ICAO flight No. | PRF494 |
| Call sign | PRECISION AIR 494 |
| Registration | 5H-PWF |
| Flight origin | Dar es Salaam International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Stopover | Mwanza Airport, Mwanza, Tanzania |
| Destination | Bukoba Airport, Bukoba, Tanzania |
| Occupants | 43 |
| Passengers | 39 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 19 |
| Injuries | 24 |
| Survivors | 24 |
Crash location on a map of Tanzania
Precision Air Flight 494 (PW494) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight within Tanzania, from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Bukoba Airport via Mwanza Airport. On 6 November 2022, the ATR 42–500 plane crashed in Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba during bad weather and low visibility. Nineteen people were killed, including both pilots who drowned before rescue workers could reach them.