A chartered cargo plane en route to Somalia with 11 people on board including three Burundian military officers working for the UN crashed into Lake Victoria after take-off from Uganda's Entebbe airport, near the capital Kampala, earlier this week. The plane, an Illuyshin 76, operated by Aerolift and chartered by Dynacorp was carrying a cargo of tents and water purification equipment for the African Mission to Somalia (AMSOM). Africa's air accident rate is six times worse than the rest of the … [Read more...] about Illuyshin 76 crashes into Lake Victoria