Plane crash near Uganda airport

by nehalarya | March 9, 2009 at 12:39 am

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At least seven people on board a cargo aeroplane are feared dead after it crashed near Uganda's main airport, Entebbe, police have said.

Spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said the aircraft came down in Lake Victoria near Bugunga Island.

It is not known what caused the crash and a team of investigators has been sent to the site.

An army spokesman said eyewitnesses reported seeing the plane catch fire before it crashed in the lake.

It was carrying water purifiers, pipes and other equipment, the spokesman said, quoted by the Associated Press news agency.

Local media said the cargo was bound for Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia.

The country's transport minister is expected to issue a statement shortly, an official from the Civil Aviation Authority said.