12 feared dead in Tanzania Lake Nyasa boat accident
Xinhua, May 23, 2016 Adjust font size:
At least 12 people were feared dead after a boat that was sailing from Mbamba Bay in Tanzania to Nkhata Bay in Malawi sunk on Lake Nyasa, authorities said Monday.
Senior Tanzanian official in charge of fisheries in Lake Nyasa, Godfray Salaka said the incident occurred in the dawn hours of Saturday, when a Tanzanian MV Mapeza was sailing from Mbamba Bay to Nkhata Bay but the passengers last talked to people from Nkhata Bay at around 3 a.m. local time. Endit