Event

2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash

30 Jun 2015 · 3.53° N, 98.63° E

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When
30 Jun 2015
Kind
Event
Coordinates
3.53° N, 98.63° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash.

Summary

A Lockheed C-130 Hercules operated by the Indonesian Air Force crashed onto a residential area in Medan, North Sumatra killing more than 140 people, marking the deadliest plane crash in Indonesian Air Force peacetime history and the second air disaster in Indonesia within six months.

2015 Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash

Fatal aircraft crash in Medan, Indonesia

On 30 June 2015, a Lockheed KC-130B Hercules operated by the Indonesian Air Force with 12 crew and 110 passengers on board, crashed near a residential neighbourhood shortly after taking off from Medan, Indonesia, going to Tanjung Pinang. All 122 people on board were killed, along with 17 people on the ground.

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