Horrifying Indonesia C-130 crash
The crash of an Indonesia military transport plane, a Hercules C-130, on June 30, 2015 into an residential neighborhood, on the island of Sumatra, has left more than 140 military personnel and families dead in Indonesia. The crash occurred only two minutes after takeoff from Soewondo air force base in Medan headed for Natuna with the plane plowing into a building that contained shops and homes.
Here, relatives of a victim of the crash cry outside Adam Malik hospital in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, July 1, 2015.
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Coffins bearing the bodies of military personnel are prepared for a sendoff ceremony at the military airbase in Medan on July 1, 2015 a day after an Indonesian Air Force C-130 Hercules plane crashed in a residential area of the city shortly after takeoff.
The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane packed with military personnel and their families rose to over 140 on July 1 as witnesses described people fleeing the disaster zone covered in blood with their clothes alight.
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A mother, whose son was a victim of the Indonesian military C-130B Hercules aircraft that crashed into a residential area, cries outside Adam Malik hospital in Medan, Indonesia, July 1, 2015.
Indonesia's president called for an evaluation of the country's aging air force fleet, as death toll rose.
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Soldiers carry a coffin for a victim of the Indonesian military C-130B Hercules aircraft that crashed into a residential area, outside Adam Malik Hospital in Medan July 1, 2015.
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Indonesian air force soldiers carry the coffin July 1, 2015 of a victim of an Indonesian military C-130B Hercules aircraft that crashed into a residential area, near a Hercules C130 airplane at a military airbase in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia province June 30, 2015.
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A woman touches a picture of a victim of the Indonesian military C-130B Hercules aircraft that crashed into a residential area, at a military airbase in Medan, North Sumatra province, July 1, 2015.
The C-130B Hercules aircraft crashed June 30, 2015.
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Indonesian Air Force troops unload coffins containing the bodies of victims of the C-130 Hercules aircraft, which crashed in a residential area in Medan, northern Sumatra province, after arriving at the Jakarta air force base on July 1, 2015.
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An Indonesian soldier can be seen through a piece of the wreckage of a military C-130 transport plane which went down yesterday in a residential area in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 1, 2015.
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Security forces and rescue workers remove the body of a victim from the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.
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Security forces and rescue workers search the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.
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Security forces and rescue teams examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.
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Officials and rescue personnel work at the scene where an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules crashed into a residential area in Medan on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, on June 30, 2015.
An Indonesian military transport plane crashed on June 30 shortly after take-off in Sumatra, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area.
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Local residents watch as military personnel and search and rescue teams comb through the wreckage of a military transport plane which crashed into a building on June 30, 2015 in Medan, Indonesia.
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Military personnel and search and rescue teams comb through the wreckage of a military transport plane which crashed into a building on June 30, 2015 in Medan, Indonesia.
Indonesia plane crash
Military personnel and search and rescue teams comb through the wreckage of a military transport plane which crashed into a building on June 30, 2015 in Medan, Indonesia.
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Officials and rescue personnel work at the scene where an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules crashed into a residential area in Medan on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, on June 30, 2015.
An Indonesian military transport plane crashed on June 30 shortly after take-off in Sumatra, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area.
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Indonesian search and rescue teams work at the site of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.
Indonesia plane crash
Military personnel and search and rescue teams comb through the wreckage of a military transport plane which crashed into a building on June 30, 2015 in Medan, Indonesia.
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Indonesian police secure the scene where an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules crashed into a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.
Indonesia plane crash
Indonesian search and rescue teams work at the site of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan, Indonesia, June 30, 2015.