Samia calls cabinet emergency meeting to discuss Precision Air crash
What you need to know:
- The emergency meeting comes hot on the heels of calls from the public for government to be answerable for the lack of proper rescue strategy.
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan will convened an emergency cabinet meeting on November 14 in Dodoma.
The meeting is set to discuss the accident, will involve cabinet ministers to discuss the Precision Air plane crash that claimed the lives of 19 people last Sunday in Bukoba, Kagera region.
The director of Presidential Communications, Ms Zuhura Yunus on Sataurday at a press conference told reporters at State House in Dar es Salaam of the planned high level government meeting.
“I would like to express my condolences on behalf of the President Samia Suluhu Hassan to all relatives of the deceased and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” she said.
Ms Yunus added: An emergency Cabinet meeting will be held on November 14, this year to discuss the tragedy.
The emergency meeting comes hot on the heels of calls from the public for government to be answerable for the lack of proper rescue strategy.
The last time such an emergency cabinet meeting was called by a president was in the 1990s, and it led to major changes.
An investigation into the plane crash is underway.
Speaking in Bukoba after the accident, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said a probe team formed by the government would make an analysis and give a technical report on what happened during the accident.
The technical team would comprise experts from different ministries.
French air accident investigators have deployed a team along with technical advisers from Franco-Italian plane maker ATR to assist in the investigation of the Precision Air plane crash.
Under international rules, the locally-led investigation would usually include the participation of authorities in France, where the plane was designed, and Canada, where its Pratt & Whitney engines were developed.
The preliminary probe report will be issued in 14 days, according to the Tanzania Airports Authority. But the final investigation, which involves international experts, including the plane’s manufacturers from France, is likely to take long.
