MEDAN, Indonesia – The Indonesian military plane that crashed into a residential neighbourhood and killed 142 people likely suffered an engine failure, the air force said on Thursday, but denied the aircraft was overloaded after claims civilians had paid to get on board.
The Hercules C-130 transporter went down on Tuesday in the city of Medan shortly after taking off from a nearby airbase, exploding in a fireball and causing widespread destruction. Air Vice Marshal Agus Dwi Putranto, an air force operations commander, told reporters initial findings indicated the 51-year-old plane had failed to gain enough speed after one of its four engines malfunctioned.
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