2009 Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash

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2009 Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash
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The accident scene
Accident
Date20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)
SummaryHit houses on approach
Site Magetan, East Java, Indonesia
7°39′S111°22′E / 7.650°S 111.367°E / -7.650; 111.367
Total fatalities99
Total survivors15
Aircraft
Aircraft type Lockheed L-100-30(P) Hercules
OperatorFlag of the Indonesian Air Force.svg  Indonesian Air Force
Registration A-1325
Flight origin Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP/WIHH)
Destination Iswahyudi Air Force Base (WARI), Indonesia
Passengers98
Crew14
Fatalities97
Survivors15
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities2

On 20 May 2009, an Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100-30(P) Hercules carrying 112 people (98 passengers and 14 crew) crashed at about 6:30 local time (23:30 UTC), while flying from Jakarta to eastern Java. [1] 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. [2] [3] and at least 70 others were taken to a local hospital. [4] This is considered among the worst air disasters in Indonesian history [5] and was the first Air Force crash since the 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash, which also involved a Hercules. [6]

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Geplak
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Location of crash

The airplane, a civilian Lockheed L-100-30(P) version of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, registration A-1325 [7] had been on a normal flight transporting military personnel and their families to Iswahyudi Air Force Base. [8] The plane prepared to land on base but instead crashed about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) northwest of the north end of the runway, [9] bursting into flames upon impact. Flying conditions were good and the weather was clear at the time of the crash. [10] [6] [9] Air control communicated with the crew minutes before the crash and indicated no issues. [11] [9] 11 of the 15 survivors were treated at Dr. Soedono Hospital and 4 at the base's hospital. [8] All deceased were identified by the evening of May 22. [12]

The Indonesian Air Force said it was unlikely that the cause of the plane crash would be shared publicly, a practice said to be a military standard around the world. [13] The plane had passed inspection the day before the crash. [11] Witnesses variously claimed seeing fire inside the plane; hearing two explosions; nuts and bolts falling to the ground up to 2km away from the crash site; and a wing snapping off the aircraft. [14] [9] [11] A survivor said that "it felt like the plane's engines just stopped and then the aircraft began to break apart in mid-air." [9] Others speculate that the Hercules series is poorly designed but the Air Force is too underfunded to afford safer planes or spare parts for aircraft they do have. [14] [9] [11] [15]

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