ATR-42 Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/atr-42/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:51:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png ATR-42 Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/atr-42/ 32 32 Dived down to the cockpit: Fisherman Narrates the Precision Air crash that killed 19 passengers https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:45:55 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=8304 In August 2010, an ATR 42-500 with the registration 5H-PWF was first delivered to Precision Air in Tanzania. Since then, the 48-seater aircraft has been with the airline while transporting passengers, until November 6, 2022, when it dived into Africa’s largest freshwater lake when about to land in Bukoba Airport, in the Kagera region. On [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/09/dived-down-to-the-cockpit-fisherman-narrates-the-precision-air-crash-that-killed-19-passengers/feed/ 0 Precision Air’s ATR-42 Crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/06/precision-airs-atr-42-crashes-into-lake-victoria-in-tanzania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=precision-airs-atr-42-crashes-into-lake-victoria-in-tanzania https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/06/precision-airs-atr-42-crashes-into-lake-victoria-in-tanzania/#respond Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:44:02 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=8264 A Precision Air turboprop crashed into lake Victoria while en route from Dar Es Salaam to Bukoba in the Kagera region as its destination with accident occurring in the early hours of Sunday (November 5th). The aircraft, an ATR42 turboprop with registration 5H-PWF had 43 occupants including 39 passengers and four cabin crew members, authorities [...]

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