Thursday, May 21, 2009

Major airline crashes in Indonesia in recent years











Major airline crashes in Indonesia in recent years

Some of the deadliest military and commercial airline crashes in
Indonesia in recent years:

May 20: A C-130 Hercules military plane carrying troops and
their families crashes in East Java province, killing 99 people.

April 6: A Fokker 27 military aircraft slams into an airport
hangar in the city of Bandung on Java island, killing 24.

March 7, 2007: A Boeing 737 jet operated by national airline
Garuda shoots off a runway and erupts in flames in Yogyakarta on
Java, killing 21 people.

Jan. 1, 2007: A plane belonging to budget airline Adam Air
plunges into the sea in central Indonesia in stormy weather,
killing all 102 on board.

Sept. 5, 2005: A Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashes shortly
after takeoff from Medan, Sumatra, killing at least 145.

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