Sad times for Indonesian aviation lately.
Monday, April 6, 2009
24 killed in Indonesia F-27 crash
Twenty-four Indonesian military personnel were killed Monday when their training aircraft crashed into a hangar at an air base in West Java, a hospital source said. The Fokker 27 was making a landing during a regular training flight when it crashed and burst into flames in Bandung, 74 miles southeast of Jakarta, an air force spokesman said. He could not confirm the final death toll but a doctor at the West Java hospital where the victims were taken said all 24 people on board the plane had died.