Four days after the incident, the Tanzanian government released a statement to the effect that 281 people had been killed by the crash, or had died subsequently in hospital, although this number was likely to increase, given the number of people injured critically.
事故から4日後、タンザニア政府は 281人が事故で死去し、あるいは後に病院で死亡したと思われるとしながら、重体の人の人数を考えればこれはさらに増えるだろういう旨の声明を発表した。