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Overloaded MV Bukoba Sinks on Lake Victoria Trapping Hundreds
Survivors blame ferry crew for overload as 549 passengers and crew were presumed drowned when the MV Bukoba capsized in 90 feet of water near Mwanza Tanzania. Rescuers saved 114. divers to retrieve bodies. Authorities promised an independent investigation into the disaster.
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Mwanza
Tanzania
Lake Victoria
Wade Nada
Rume Mwiru
Victoria
William Kunsila
Onry Cound Pass
Thougi
Goodby Simango
Ake Victoria
Phn
Kemondo
Justin Lwakatare
Iwakatare
Bugands Medical Center
Maronzo
Eunice Karazuki