Editing Lake Victoria (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Ukerewe-Mwanza Ferry.jpg|thumb|Ukerewe-Mwanza Ferry.]]<!--[[File:Lake Victoria SPOT 1128.jpg|thumb|right|Baumann Gulf in the Tanzanian portion of Lake Victoria]]-->
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Since the 1900s, [[Lake Victoria ferries]] have been an important means of transport between Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. The main ports on the lake are Kisumu, Mwanza, Bukoba, [[Entebbe]], [[Port Bell]], and Jinja. Until 1963, the fastest and newest ferry, [[MV Victoria (1959)|MV ''Victoria'']], was designated a [[Royal Mail Ship]]. In 1966, [[train ferry]] services between Kenya and Tanzania were established with the introduction of {{MV|Uhuru}} and {{MV|Umoja}}. The ferry [[MV Bukoba|MV ''Bukoba'']] sank in the lake on 21 May 1996 with a loss of between 800 and 1,000 lives, making it one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/panama-city-news-herald-sep-29-2002-p-8/|title=Diver's recover 180 bodies from Africa's worst ferry disaster|date=29 September 2002|work=Panama City News Herald|location=Panama city, Florida|page=8|url-access=subscription |via=Newspaperarchive.com|quote=The tragedy was one of Africa's deadliest maritime disasters. On May 21st 1996, at least 500 people died in the sinking of the MV Bukova on Lake Victoria.|last=Harris|first=Edward|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> Another tragedy occurred recently on 20 September 2018 that involved the passagers ferry [[Sinking of MV Nyerere|MV Nyerere]] from [[Tanzania]] that caused the deaths of over 200 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/Tanzania-ferry-tragedy-Mv-Nyerere-lake-victoria/4552908-4770298-j9es0f/index.html|title=Ferry tragedy: More than 200 feared dead in Tanzania|website=The East African|language=en|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>

On 6 November 2022, Lake Victoria was the site of a commercial passenger aircraft crash. [[Precision Air Flight 494]] an [[ATR 42|ATR 42–500]] carrying 39 passengers and four crew, crashed while approaching [[Bukoba Airport]], resulting in 19 fatalities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/africa/tanzania-plane-crash-intl |title=19 dead after commercial aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania |date=6 November 2022| first1=Idris |last1=Mukhtar |first2=Lauren |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first3=Larry |last3=Madowo |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/precision-air-plane-crashes-into-lake-victoria-tanzania-state-media-2022-11-06/|title=Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 dead| first=Nuzulack |last=Dausen |date=6 November 2022| work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>