Five killed in Tanzania plane crash

Four British tourists and their Canadian pilot have been killed in a plane crash in Tanzania.

The aircraft had been missing since Sunday afternoon. At least two bodies have been recovered from the remote crash site and police were helping in efforts to retrieve the remains near the Mahale National Park in western Tanzania, said police spokesman Mohamed Mhina.

The Cessna C206 plane flew from the national park, on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, on Sunday afternoon, “but contact was lost soon after takeoff and the aircraft failed to arrive at its destination”, said Mark Holdsworth, managing director of the Nomad tourism company.

Four aircraft were sent to search for the light plane and a crash site was identified from the air, he said.

“The site is remote and the terrain very rugged....a ground team finally reached the site at first light this morning and has confirmed the plane crashed with no survivors,” Holdsworth said.