Tanzanian Air Services Ltd, operating as Tanzanair, is an

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company in

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. Founded in 1969 by Dinos John Samaras, it was the first private air operator in the country. It has an engineering facility near Terminal I of the

Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in ...

for aircraft maintenance. It is also an authorised

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service centre.

Fleet

The Tanzanair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2012):

Accidents and incidents

*22 August 2013: A Beechcraft B200C Super King Air (registration 5H-TZW) on a charter flight from

Bukoba Bukoba is a city with a population of 144,938 (2022 census), situated in the northwest of Tanzania on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region, and the administrative seat for Bukoba Urban District. The ...

to Zanzibar, force-landed in

Lake Manyara Lake Manyara also known as Lake Moya among the Iraqw people is a lake located in Monduli District of Arusha Region, Tanzania and is the seventh-largest lake of Tanzania by surface area, at . It is a shallow, alkaline lake in the Natron-Manyara-B ...

following a loss of engine power. The pilot announced he had lost one engine at 21,000 feet while en route and he decided to divert to

Arusha Arusha is a city in Tanzania. The city is the Capital city, capital of the Arusha Region. It has a population of 617,631 people.

. During the descent, at 16,000 feet, the remaining engine also seized. He then ditched the plane in Lake Manyara. All aboard (6 passengers and the pilot) were rescued by fishermen."Accident description"
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References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Tanzania Airlines of Tanzania Airlines established in 1969 1960s establishments in Tanzania