What: 32 year old Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker 27 registration A-2703
Where: Bandung-Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Western Indonesia
When: 06 APR 2009 1 p.m. Monday local time
Who: Six crew members, one trainer and 17 military skydiving students. All 24 people on board died.
Why: While landing during a regular training flight, the plane crashed and burst into flames at 1:05 pm (0605 GMT) in Bandung, 110 kilometres (74 miles) southeast of Jakarta. No one on the ground was injured. The weather is said to have been wet; and the plane is said to have been undermaintained due to funding problems. The plane is said to have been shaking–possibly encountering a 20-knot crosswind at the time of the accident– before it crashed in an air craft hanger and burst into flames.
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