13 killed in Indonesian troops craft crash

Rescuers during a site where an Indonesian Air Force craft that crashed in Wamena. Pic/AP/PTI
Rescuers during a site where an Indonesian Air Force craft that crashed in Wamena. Pic/AP/PTI

Jakarta: Thirteen people have died after an Indonesian troops ride craft crashed in a easterly of a nation yesterday, officials said, imprinting nonetheless another atmosphere collision for a armed forces.

The Hercules C-130 craft took off from Timika city in Papua province, carrying 12 organisation and one passenger, though came down in a remote alpine segment shortly before a scheduled landing, officials said.

“The user on land saw a craft during 6.08 am internal time, though during 6.09 am a craft had mislaid contact,” atmosphere force arch Agus Supriatna said. The craft was approaching to land during 6.13 am internal time.

Aboard a aircraft were 3 pilots, 8 technicians, a navigator and a troops officer, as good as food and cement, Supriatna said. Weather around a area is famous to be unpredictable, and a craft went in and out of clouds before a crash, he added.

Rescuers located a craft waste shortly after. All 13 bodies have been recovered according to a atmosphere force.

Supriatna pronounced a group was streamer to a site to investigate. The deadly occurrence is a latest for Indonesia’s accident-prone military.

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