Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Paul Kagame, yifatanyije mu kababaro na Perezida wa Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan n’abaturage ba Tanzania muri rusange, babuze abantu 19 baguye mu mpanuka y’indege ya Precision Air yarohamye mu Kiyaga cya Victoria igerageza kugwa ku Kibuga cy’Indege cya Bukoba giherereye ku mwaro.
Iyo ndege yarohamye mu Kiyaga, ahagana ku mpera z’inzira y’indege ku kibuga ikora ku nkengero z’ikiyaga. Itsinda ry’ubutabazi ryinjiye mu mazi ribasha kurokora abagumye mu ndege bari bakiri bazima ndetse rinarohora imirambo y’ababuze ubuzima biganjemo abari bicaye mu myanya y’imbere.
Perezida Kagame yagaragaje uburyo yashenguwe n’iyo nkuru y’inshamugongo, agira ati: “Mbikuye ku mutima nihanganishije abaturage ba Tanzania na Perezida Suluhu Samia Hassan, ku bw’ababuriye ubuzima mu mpanuka y’indege. Imitima yacu iri kumwe n’imiryango yabuze abayo n’ababuze abo bakundaga.”
Abdul Nuri, umwe mu bari ku kibuga cy’indege cya Bukoba ubwo iyo mpanuka yabaga ategereje ko iyo ndege imusubiza i Dar es Salaam, yavuze uburyo yiboneye indege icubira mu kiyaga, ati: “Twatunguwe cyane. Abantu bagize ubwoba bwinshi bamwe batangira kurira no kuvuza induru. Abari bategereje ababo baje muri iyo ndege na bo ubwoba bwabarenze kuko abenshi bari bategereje abavandimwe n’inshuti.”
Yavugishije abarobyi ari na bo babaye aba mbere kugera ahabereye iyo mpanuka, bamubwira ko bahise binjira mu ndege batabara abantu nyuma y’aho umwe mu bakira abantu muri iyo ndege afunguriye umuryango indege ikimara kugwa mu mazi.