Archive for Mei, 2009
VP: military Hercules plane crash due to lack of funds
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the military Hercules plane crash in Magetan, East Java, on Wednesday was due to insufficient funds for the purchase of military armament system (alutsista) equipment.
“It is because of the insufficient portion of funds for the purchase of the country`s military hardware,” the vice president said here [...]
Indonesia plane crash kills 64: medics
JAKARTA (AFP) — At least 64 people were killed when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed in East Java, staff at a military hospital said. Television footage showed the burning wreckage of the Hercules scattered in rice paddies in Magetan, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) east of Yogyakarta. At least 64 people were [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Air Force Hercules plane crashes in Madiun
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – An Air Force Hercules plane flying from Jakarta to Madiun, East Java, crashed into a rice field at Geplak village in Magetan at about 6:20 on Wednesday morning, or a few minutes before landing at Iswahyudi military airbase.
Air Force spokesman Rear Marshal Bambang S told a private television station that a [...]
