• A propeller from an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane rests on the roof of a building, after crashing into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on June 30, 2015. Roni Bintang / Reuters
    A propeller from an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane rests on the roof of a building, after crashing into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on June 30, 2015. Roni Bintang / Reuters
  • Firefighters and military personnel inspect the site where an Indonesian air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Gilbert Manullang / Associated Press
    Firefighters and military personnel inspect the site where an Indonesian air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Gilbert Manullang / Associated Press
  • Residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian air force cargo plane from a building next to the site where it crashed on June 30, 2015, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Binsar Bakkara / Associated Press
    Residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian air force cargo plane from a building next to the site where it crashed on June 30, 2015, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Binsar Bakkara / Associated Press
  • Rescue personnel retrieve a body from the scene of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan on June 30, 2015. The transport plane crashed shortly after take-off, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Atar / Agence France-Presse
    Rescue personnel retrieve a body from the scene of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan on June 30, 2015. The transport plane crashed shortly after take-off, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Atar / Agence France-Presse
  • Rescuers search for victims at the crash site of an air force cargo plane in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Associated Press / Hafiz
    Rescuers search for victims at the crash site of an air force cargo plane in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Associated Press / Hafiz
  • Rescues work at the crash site of an Indonesian military transport plane on June 30, 2015. The military transport plane crashed on shortly after take-off in a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Kharisma Tarigan / Agence France-Presse
    Rescues work at the crash site of an Indonesian military transport plane on June 30, 2015. The military transport plane crashed on shortly after take-off in a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Kharisma Tarigan / Agence France-Presse
  • Military personnel and search-and-rescue teams pull a body bag containing from the wreckage of a military transport plane that crashed into a building on June 30, 2015, in Medan, Indonesia. Ed Wray / Getty Images
    Military personnel and search-and-rescue teams pull a body bag containing from the wreckage of a military transport plane that crashed into a building on June 30, 2015, in Medan, Indonesia. Ed Wray / Getty Images
  • Relatives of a victim of the crashed cargo airplane wait for the body at a military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on June 30, 2015. The plane left Jakarta with 113 people aboard, including military personnel and their relatives, but it was not clear how many continued the journey to Medan after stopovers in Pekanbaru and Dumai, offici als said. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
    Relatives of a victim of the crashed cargo airplane wait for the body at a military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on June 30, 2015. The plane left Jakarta with 113 people aboard, including military personnel and their relatives, but it was not clear how many continued the journey to Medan after stopovers in Pekanbaru and Dumai, offici als said. Dedi Sahputra / EPA
  • Security forces and residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on June 30, 2015. Roni Bintang / Reuters
    Security forces and residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on June 30, 2015. Roni Bintang / Reuters

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Indonesian military transport plane crashes into residential area on Sumatra island — in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

June 30, 2015

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