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Ugandan civil aviation officials and divers search for cargo aircraft that crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after taking off from Entebbe international airport

10 Mar 2009

Source: Reuters

Ugandan civil aviation officials and divers search for the Ilyushin I-76 cargo aircraft that crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after taking off from Entebbe international airport 42 km (26 miles) south of Uganda's capital Kampala March 10, 2009. An Ilyushin cargo plane on a logistical mission to African peace forces in Somalia crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday after taking off in Uganda with 11 people on board, including three Burundian officers. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA TRANSPORT DISASTER)
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