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The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian military transport plane this week climbed to 99, the military said Thursday. The Hercules transport plane went down in a residential area in East Java about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday
An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a residential area in East Java early Wednesday, killing 97 people, military officials said. The death toll might rise, because the Air Force said 112 people were thought to be aboard when the Hercules transport plane crashed about 6:30 a.m. The crash destroyed four homes and killed two people who lived in at least one of the homes, said Suwardi, the village leader of Karas in East Java.
An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a residential area in east Java early Wednesday, killing at least three people, military and civilian officials said. The death toll was expected to rise — with the Air Force reporting that 112 people were thought to have been on the plane when it crashed about 6:30 a.m.