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Military Fokker Crashes in Jakarta Neighborhood


What: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M
Where: Jakarta Indonesia
When: June 21, 2012, 15:00 hrs.
Who: 7 aboard
Why: The flight was engaged in maneuvers when it crashed into a Jakarta neighborhood in the Rajawali housing complex (the Air Force Eagle Complex, at Halim Perdanakusuma airport.). It is reported that everyone aboard the flight except the co-pilot died in the crash. The co-pilot survived; and several people inside the buildings also died on the ground. A fireball erupted in the neighborhood. Some residents were hospitalized with burns.

Major Flight Heri Setiawan (captain pilot), Sergeant Major Simulanto, Sahroni Flight Lieutenant, Captain Agus Supriyadi Engineering, Purwo First Sergeant, Master Sergeant Wahyudi (Engineering Squadron 021) were confirmed killed in the crash.

Skies were clear at the time of the accident.

The names of the victims who were in the housing were not released. Video below

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