Military Plane Crash in Indonesia, 74 confirmed dead
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[QUOTE]The Hercules C-130 plane hit two houses and a hotel before bursting into flames, creating a huge fireball.
Air Force head Agus Supriatna visited the crash site and told reporters he believed there were no survivors among the 113 people on board.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]A major rescue operation is under way at the site which was covered in flames and thick black smoke.
The BBC's Alice Budisatrijo in Jakarta says that only the tail of the aircraft is still recognisable; the rest has been reduced to debris.
Our correspondent says that there are reports that people are trapped inside wrecked buildings and the nearest hospital is continuing to receive bodies arriving from the crash site. [/QUOTE]
113 people onboard,
74 confirmed dead,
[UPDATE] Death toll is now at 116 confirmed dead.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33323419[/url]
Sorry if already posted. news is a couple hours old but I couldn't find it here.
That's pretty rough right there.
Unless there was a technical failure of some sort, it sounds like a really bad case of pilot error.
Sometimes I really don't understand logistics.
If they only found 74 corpses out of the 113 onboard, and the rest is nowhere to be seen (in a crash that looks in-survivable nonetheless) wouldn't it make sense to just say fuck it and put it as all 113 onboard dead?
[QUOTE=0x0000000C;48089365]Sometimes I really don't understand logistics.
If they only found 74 corpses out of the 113 onboard, and the rest is nowhere to be seen (in a crash that looks in-survivable nonetheless) wouldn't it make sense to just say fuck it and put it as all 113 onboard dead?[/QUOTE]
I'd like to see you tell the families that.
There is also the [B][I][U]very[/U][/I][/B] slim chance that someone did survive, maybe if there was a technical failure someone jumped out in time and survived the fall. It's too soon to just stop looking.
Update: 116 people confirmed dead.
(not-so) Fun fact: 10 years ago a commercial plane crashed killing 149 people and it was on this exact same street.
[QUOTE=0x0000000C;48089365]Sometimes I really don't understand logistics.
If they only found 74 corpses out of the 113 onboard, and the rest is nowhere to be seen (in a crash that looks in-survivable nonetheless) wouldn't it make sense to just say fuck it and put it as all 113 onboard dead?[/QUOTE]
If that was one of your friends or family on that plane, would you want them to just say fuck it if there's even a chance they're still alive?
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