16 December 2006
Theresia Nyantori
Air accident
A small plane crashed through the roof of a house in northern Tanzania on 16 December, killing one passenger and injuring six others, including a Tanzanian Cabinet minister, police said.
The plane went down in northern Tanzania's Mbeya region, about 560 miles from Dar es Salaam, just minutes after taking off, Regional Police Commander Suleiman Kova said. Theresia Nyantori, a photographer working with the government news agency, was killed on impact, police said. Juma Akukweti, the minister for emergency matters, was undergoing surgery for burns.
