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Accident | |
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Date | 21 June 2012 |
Summary | Under investigation[ needs update ] |
Site | 1 km N of Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia 6°15′13″S106°53′21″E / 6.25361°S 106.88917°E |
Total fatalities | 11 |
Total injuries | 11 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fokker F27 |
Operator | Indonesian Air Force |
Registration | A-2708 |
Flight origin | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Destination | Jakarta |
Occupants | 7 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 7 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 4 |
Ground injuries | 11 |
On 21 June 2012, a Fokker F27 military transport aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force crashed into a housing complex near Halim Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, while conducting a training flight. All seven people on board, four people on the ground were killed and 11 more injured. [1] [2]
The F27 was on a training flight when it crashed while trying to land. [3] Officials previously said that the aircraft crew had been conducting a touch-and-go exercise before the crash. [4] The aircraft was not equipped with flight data recorders.
The plane was built in 1958 and used by the Air Force for the past several years. [3] TNI has said that it is in the process of procuring CN-295s to replace its Fokker F27s. [4]
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