Indonesia plane crash kills 57: doctor

[NickN]

Both reports from the same paper but with different numbers of dead so who knows.

May 20, 2009 - 12:59PM
Fifty-seven people were killed when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed in East Java, a military doctor told ElShinta radio.

"A military Hercules crashed and caught fire in Magetan, East Java this morning around 6:30am (2330 GMT Tuesday)," Air Force officer Herli Dwiyanto told AFP.

At least 68 people are dead following the crash of a military plane on the Indonesian island of Java.

Air force official Suyono says he expects the death toll to rise following Wednesday morning's crash. Suyono goes by only one name.

Air force spokesman Bambang Sulistyo said the C-130 Hercules was carrying at least 112 passengers and crew. It was on a routine training mission when it crashed near the base in East Java province, smashing into houses and then skidding into a rice field and bursting into flames.

Indonesian television flashed footage of fire engulfing the wreckage and soldiers carrying bodies on stretchers.

Witnesses said many of the victims were badly burned

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0520-bf46.html

[Gerard M]

They are now saying that 79 people have been killed, toll expected to rise.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/79-killed-in-indonesian-military-plane-crash-20090520-bf44.html

[Bob C]

I recall reading last week that a C130 lost a wheel on approach to an airport and the wheel killed a person on the ground.

And the Indonesian Air Force had been so concerned about the poor standard of maintenance of C130s being done in Singapore that it sent a high level team of officers to investigate the operation.

[Matt_L]

A news report said that these particular models of the C130 were the only passenger versions in the world- the written off and one more in Indonesian Air Force.

If this is the case extremely worrying.