Russian plane crashes into Lake Victoria

Eight people are missing and feared dead after a Russian cargo plane plunged into the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria late…

Eight people are missing and feared dead after a Russian cargo plane plunged into the Tanzanian section of Lake Victoria late yesterday.

A regional commissioner said an operation to retreive the wreckage was under way and that there were no signs of life.

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