Tanzanian airline Precision AirWikipedia Rescue workers have already begun maneuvers to remove the 49 passengers and three crew members of the plane from the water The device, which was traveling from the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salam, would have crashed into the lake shortly before attempting to land The country’s president, Samia Suluhu, is already aware of the incident: “Let’s remain calm while the rescue operation continues” A plane from the Tanzanian airline Precision Air has crashed in Lake Victoria, in the Kagera region, in the northwest of the country, with 50 people on board with no evidence of fatalities at the moment. The aircraft, which was traveling from the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salam, to Bukoba via Mwanza, would have crashed into the lake shortly before attempting to land in Bukoba airport, according to the first information from the security forces, due to heavy rains and strong winds. Rescue personnel, reports the chain and The Tanzanian state company TBC has already begun the maneuvers to remove the 49 passengers and three crew members of the device, a double turboprop model ATR 42-500, from the water. The country’s president, Samia Suluhu, is already aware of the incident. “I send my condolences to all those affected by this accident. Let’s remain calm as the rescue operation continues while asking God to help us,” she has made known on her Twitter account.