Joy as Tanzania receives first ever cargo aircraft

President Samia Suluhu Hassan sits in the cockpit of the new Boeing 767-300F cargo jet. The aircraft, purchased by the government for the ATCL, landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam yesterday. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE

By  Jacob Mosenda

Senior Journalist with The Citizen

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What you need to know:

  • The new aircraft, which has the Air Tanzania emblem and is named Lake Tanganyika, was commandeered by three pilots led by Captain Neema Swai


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