MEDAN, INDONESIA — More than 100 people are believed to have died after a military transport plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in Indonesia shortly after take-off on Tuesday.
The C-130B Hercules Indonesian military aircraft with 113 people on board was enroute to Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands from the Sumatran city of Medan when it crashed just 5 kilometres from the city’s air force base on Tuesday afternoon.
Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft encountered technical difficulties and the pilot asked to return to the base. The BBC reports that the plane crashed into a hotel and two residential buildings, and eyewitnesses say that the plane appeared to have exploded after hitting the buildings. The crash killed everyone on the plane and at least three others on the ground were killed.
The plane had traveled from Jakarta to two other Indonesian cities before landing in Medan earlier that day.
It’s still unclear what caused the crash and until then, Indonesia’s remaining C-130Bs will be grounded pending further investigation.
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