Tanzania, Nov. 24 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania should act as a matter of urgency to strengthen its search and rescue units in order to save lives after accidents, aviation experts said yesterday.

They spoke after the Air Accident Investigation Branch said in a report that more passengers could have survived the accident that involved a Precision Air in Bukoba earlier in the month had emergency workers been prepared and rescue operations launched swiftly.

Nineteen people died when the plane with 43 people on board crashed into Lake Victoria on November 6 Fishermen in canoes were the first people at the scene, and they played a key role in rescuing the 24 people who survived the crash.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch, which is under ...