At least 20 people have been killed
in the military plane crash in the Indonesian city of Medan, CNN
affiliate Trans 7 TV reported, citing local hospital officials.
At least five people have been
killed after a military transport plane crashed in an Indonesian city shortly
after takeoff, authorities said Tuesday.
The C-130 Hercules aircraft went
down with 12 people on board in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province,
said Indonesian military spokesman Maj. Gen. Fuad Basya.
Local television broadcast images of
people gathered around the plane's burning wreckage in what appeared to be a residential
area.
Basya said it was unclear whether
the five bodies that had so far been recovered were all of people who had been
on the plane.
He said the aircraft, built in the
United States in the 1960s, had been inspected and cleared to fly before it
took off from Soewondo Air Force Base.
The crash site is about 5 kilometers
(3 miles) from the air base, he said.
CNN
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