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2009 Indonesian Air Force C-130H Hercules crash

2009 CE · Indonesia, Asia · Disaster

On 20 May 2009, an Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100-30(P) Hercules carrying 112 people crashed at about 6:30 local time, while flying from Jakarta to eastern Java. The crash resulted in 99 deaths, 2 of which occurred on impact when the aircraft struck at least four houses before skidding into a rice paddy in the village of Geplak.

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