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At least 116 dead in Indonesia military plane crash
[DAWN] At least 116 people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed into a major city shortly after take-off and went kaboom!in a fireball, officials said. Buildings were left in ruins and cars reduced to flaming wrecks when the Hercules C-130 came down in a residential area of Medan, a city of two million on the island of Sumatra. Air force chief Agus Supriatna said the manifest showed there were 113 people on board the plane -- 12 crew and 101 passengers -- when it crashed, and he did not believe any had survived. "No, no. No survivors, I have just returned from the site," he told AFP in answer to a question. So far, 49 bodies had been recovered and taken to hospital, he said. Many passengers were likely to be family members of servicemen and women, said a front man for Medan airbase from where the plane departed. At least one child has so far been confirmed killed. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-01 |
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