Military plane crashes into residential area in Indonesia's third-largest city, 38 dead

FP Staff|Jun 30, 2015, 17:56:34 IST

[caption id="attachment_2319580" align="alignleft" width="940"] An Indonesian Air Force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard has crashed into a residential neighborhood in Indonesia's third-largest city Medan. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319574" align="alignleft" width="940"] A police officer gestures at the crowd near the site where an Air Force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319578" align="alignleft" width="940"] Military personnel remove an aircraft wheel at the site where an air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, Indonesia. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319582" align="alignleft" width="940"] Military personnel attempt to extinguish fire at the site where the military plane crashed in Medan, Indonesia. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319584" align="alignleft" width="940"] The wreckage of the Air Force cargo plane that crashed in a residential neighborhood in Indonesia's third-largest city Medan. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319586" align="alignleft" width="940"] Military personnel inspect the wreckage of an Air Force cargo plane that crashed in Medan, Indonesia. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319588" align="alignleft" width="940"] Military personnel search for victims around the wreckage of an Air Force cargo plane that crashed in Medan. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319590" align="alignleft" width="940"] Firefighters and military personnel attempt to extinguish the fire at the site where the Air Force cargo plane crashed. AP[/caption][caption id="attachment_2319592" align="alignleft" width="940"] Firefighters and military personnel work at the site of the plane crash in Indonesia. AP[/caption]

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