Plane crash in Medan in 2015
| Plane crash in Medan in 2015 | |
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_at_Medan_Polonia_Airport.jpg) The crashed C-130 of the Indonesian Air Force about five months before the crash |
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| Accident summary | |
| place | in the urban area of Medan , North Sumatra , Indonesia
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| date | June 30, 2015 |
| Fatalities | at least 142 (at least 20 on the ground) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
| operator | Indonesian Air Force |
| Mark | A-1310 |
| Departure airport |
Soewondo Air Force Base , Indonesia
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| Destination airport |
Tanjung Pinang , Indonesia
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| Passengers | 110 |
| crew | 12 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
In the 2015 plane crash in Medan , a Lockheed C-130 Hercules belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed on June 30, 2015 . The aircraft had taken off from Soewondo Air Force Base in the Indonesian province of Sumatra Utara (North Sumatra ) about two minutes earlier . According to the latest information, there were 110 passengers and 12 crew members on board . The passengers were members of the Indonesian military and their families.
Course of events
The crash occurred directly in a residential area of the provincial capital Medan , where the airport is located. At least 20 people were killed on the ground in the crash. None of the 122 aircraft occupants survived the crash.
The cause of the accident is so far unclear. A technical problem seems possible because shortly before the crash, the pilots are said to have asked for permission to return to the airport by radio. Since the aircraft was not equipped with a flight recorder , the Indonesian authorities only have the wreckage and the pilots' flight history at their disposal for the investigation. On July 1, all ammunition and two engines were recovered and brought to Jakarta for investigation. After the accident, criticism was raised of the outdated Indonesian aircraft and the allegedly inadequate safety standards.
The machine that crashed was a KC-130B with the registration number A-1310 and the serial number 3616, which was delivered brand new in 1961. The designation KC-130B was given to only two Indonesian C-130Bs (T-1309 and T-1310), which were equipped with optional under-wing tanks for air refueling.
The last major aircraft accident in Indonesia occurred on December 28, 2014 ( Indonesia-AirAsia flight 8501 with 162 fatalities). On September 5, 2005, a plane on the Mandala Airlines flight 91 also crashed in the urban area of Medan, causing a similar number of fatalities (149). Due to security concerns, Indonesian airlines were not allowed to fly to airports in the European Union between 2007 and 2009 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Indonesia plane crash: 'Pilot asked to return to base'. BBC News, June 30, 2015, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Police: 141 Bodies Recovered From Indonesia Plane Crash. abc News, July 1, 2015, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Many dead in plane crash on a city of millions. Time online, June 30, 2015, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Pesawat Hercules C-130 Tidak Dilengkapi Black Box . detiknews. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Pesawat Hercules Yang Jatuh Di Medan MEMANG TIDAK Punya Black Box . COMPAS. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Basarnas Temukan 135 Jenazah Utuh dan 6 Potongan Tubuh Korban Pesawat Jatuh . Tribunnews. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Crash report on News.liputan6.com (Indonesian)
- ↑ Database of all Indonesian C-130s
- ↑ Lars Olausson: Lockheed Hercules 1954-2005. Såtenäs, 2004, p. 26.
- ↑ René Francillon: C-130 Hercules - Variant Briefing: Part 1. In: World Air Power Journal Vol. 6, Summer 1991, p. 120
Coordinates: 3 ° 31 ′ 31 ″ N , 98 ° 37 ′ 51 ″ E