Not less than 30 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 at a residential area.
military transport plane crashed shortly after take-off into a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames at a residential area.
Reports say that the Hercules plane hit a hotel and houses in the northern Sumatra city of Medan on Tuesday.
“The latest information we have is that 30 have died…. The number could go up,” Hisar Turnip, a spokesman for Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, told Reuters.
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.
Pictures gathered 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.
Several buildings within the vicinity were left in ruins, fears are that more deaths will be recorded.
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