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Indonesia C-130 Hercules accident (2): the airplane lost pieces in flight

Jakarta, Indonesia - At the moment 97 victims and 15 serious injured

An Indonesian military aircraft carrying soldiers and their families, including children, plowed into houses before crashing short of a runway in East Java today, killing at least 97 people. The aircraft was on its way to Papua province and crashed as the pilots were trying to land at its first stop 555 kilometers South-East of Jakarta. The Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport plane with 109...

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Rome, Italy, 05/20/2009 16:04
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