113 People Killed As Military Plane Crashes Into Homes [PHOTOS & VIDEOS]


According to Al Jazeera,  at least 113 people have been killed after an Indonesian military transport plane crashed shortly after take-off into a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Site of the crash

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Large crowd around the rubble

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Scene of the crash

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Still working on the rubbles
Reports say that the Hercules plane hit a hotel and houses in the northern Sumatra city of Medan on Tuesday.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Properties in ruins

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
cloud of smoke
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Houses burned down

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
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. REUTERS/Roni Bintang
“The latest information we have is that 30 have died…. The number could go up,”Hisar Turnipa spokesman for Indonesia’s search and rescue agency told Reuters.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Rescue operations still ongoing

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Rescue team trying to put out the fire

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Flames from the plane crash

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
The wheel of the Military Aircraft

There was no immediate accurate detail as to how many of the victims were in the plane or on the ground.
The plane was said to be on its way from an air force base in Medan, and was headed to Natuna islands.
It crashed a few minutes after takeoff.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Rescue team working to save what is left

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Scene from the crash site.

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Rescue operations as the crowd watches on
Pictures on social media showed large crowds and emergency services gathered around the flaming wreckage.
Visible also was the fuselage of the aircraft among thick clouds of black smoke.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Buildings engulfed and destroyed

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Remains of the military plane

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Rescue team removing dead bodies from the wreck

Several buildings within the vicinity were left in ruins, amid fears that more deaths will be recorded.


There have been accidents in the past involving the Indonesian air force.
In April, an F-16 fighter jet caught fire as it was about to take off from an airbase in Jakarta, prompting the pilot to jump to safety as flames and thick smoke engulfed the plane.

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
The pilot was reported to have escaped with minor injuries from the jet which had been due to provide security at a summit of Asian and African leaders in Indonesia.
This happened a month after two air force planes from an Indonesian aerobatics team crashed during a practice session ahead of an air show on Malaysia’s Langkawi island.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Indonesian military personnel search for victims at the site where an air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Hercules C-130 plane has crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third-largest city Medan. (AP Photo/Andi Rambe)

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Houses engulfed

PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 113 Killed In Military Plane Crash
Houses damaged and on fire

Reports say that all four pilots ejected successfully and survived.
Statistics have shown that the civil aviation safety record in Indonesia is very poor.
An Indonesian AirAsia plane crashed in December enroute from Indonesia’s Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people on board.

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