Monday, September 05, 2005

Airliner Crashes Into City Kills at Least 147


The jet plunges after takeoff at Medan on Sumatra, apparently killing all 117 aboard.By Richard C. Paddock and Dinda Jouhana, Special to The Times

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A commercial airliner carrying 117 people crashed in a residential neighborhood in the Indonesian city of Medan moments after takeoff today and burst into flames, authorities said.A government spokesman said everyone aboard was killed in the crash of the Boeing 737, which was operated by Mandala Airlines, a low-budget Indonesian carrier partly owned by the military.
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