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Agung Surya / EPA
Rescuers search for victims at a plane crash site near Halim Perdana Kusuma airport in Jakarta on Thursday.
JAKARTA -- An Indonesia air force plane crashed into a housing complex in the capital Jakarta Thursday, setting houses on fire and killing at least 10 people, including two young children.
The Jakarta Post reported that all seven crew members and three people on the ground, two boys aged six and two and a woman, were killed.
Alwi, an official at the East Jakarta Fire Brigade, said the Fokker 27 turboprop aircraft went down near a street within Halim Perdanakusuma air base. The accident happened at 2:45 p.m. local time (2:45 a.m. ET).
Media reports quoted witnesses as saying at least eight houses were burning.
Several of the aircraft’s crew were taken to a nearby hospital alive, but the Post said the last survivor, a lieutenant, died Thursday evening local time.
Indonesia Air Force spokesman Colonel Agung Sasongkojati told a news conference that the civilian casualties included the son and nephew of an air force major and his maid, the Post reported. The major’s wife was in critical condition, he added.
"The communication from the airplane to the tower was normal. They only asked for permission to take off and land," Agung said.
A senior air force official said an investigation was likely to take three months.
Last month a Russian-made airline crashed into a mountain while flying south of Jakarta, killing 45 people.
The new Sukhoi Superjet-100 hit Mount Salak during a demonstration flight for potential Indonesian airline buyers on May 9.
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That sucks, hoping for minimal loss of life.
Don't Worry. Indonesia, being predominately muslim, will try and find a way to blame the U.S.A. for this just like their Imans tried to blame us for the tsunami a few years back. As for minimal loss of life. Just how much damage can a flying carpet cause when it crashes into a populated area?
Davefromdanapointca:
Have you absolutlely no compassion? People have died and more could be trapped in the rubble, etc. and all you can say is they'll try to blame us just because they're Muslim?
Indonesia has been the focal point of a great many earthquakes and tsunamis because they sit on a fault line. The people of Indonesia know this and are more than educated enough to know it's not the US's fault, irregardless of what their religious leaders say.
And what is this about a flying carpet? Did you not see the header at the top of the article where it says an Indonesian Air Force plane crashed? A military plane is not a 'flying carpet'.
Wow! Lighten up Amanda,pretty sure the flying carpet comment was a joke and very funny! Also I don't have compassion for "people"that condem my country,burn my flag,and YELL death to America!!! Why don't you pick up a weapon,Amanda and defend this country for a minute,then I'm sure you will feel the same way I do!
CROC - Why don't you pick up a book ?
Are you going to condemn every country that has some idiots who hate America ? Well then you should start with the UK first - Our first and foremost ally because there are plenty of people in UK who hate America too.
Indonesia is a modern muslim majority nation which is largely secular. True they have rather strict laws about blasphemy but for the most part the population is very moderate and inclusive and the majority there views the US favorably. Of course there are the radical jehadi elements there too but they are reviled as much there as they are over here.
You are likely one of those son of the soil types who has never set foot outside the US which is fine but in this age of internet there are other ways to educate yourself and avoid coming off as ignorant in your rants.
Compassion for things great and small, the ability to take care of one another without bias. Simple humanitarian things that few can comply with.
The self is not greater than the sum of the whole. When you understand then you will understand.
@ Amanda
Yes I do have compassion and I use to have compassion for indonesia seeing that I sent money to the tsunami relief fund right after the disaster but then wish I hadn't when their Imans and some of their upper gov officials started accusing the USA of causing it by secretly setting off a atomic weapon underwater. Accusing the USA of trying to infiltrate their country because the closest vessels we had to assist them were military ships. Now I couldn't careless about them. Not to mention they all danced in the streets cheering when the 9-11 events unfolded. Take off your rosey glasses and see the world for what it is and not some utopian dream.
Dave - Such sweeping generalizations only make you look stupid.
The dancing in the streets that was played over and over again, was from Palestine. Even in the larger Middle east there were NO widespread jubiliation or celeberations. It was sporadic and scattered.
In Indonesia, there were actually several groups that held candle light vigil in solidarity with USA even as other groups held demonstrations supporting Osama bin laden.
There was more spontaneous outpouring of support for the US in the aftermath of 9/11 than people realize. You can google for "international response to 9/11" to learn more about it.
Terry jones here in Florida burnt the Koran. American soldiers burnt the Koran. they were photographed peeing on corpses. Huge demonstrations were held to protest the building of mosque close to ground 0.
Do these incidents and many more mean America is an enemy of Islam ? Does it mean that Americans HATE Muslims ?
Absolutely not. All it means it that there are some fringe elements in our society that are hateful extremists.
It's the same for Indonesia or any other country.
Oh Boy, We just heard from the islamist spokeshole gungadin. And if you just google it you will see that the indonesian government officials accused the USA of causing the tsunami and then we were accused of trying to militarily infiltrate their crap hole of a country because we sent some navy vessels that were in the arabian gulf to help aid them right after the disater. They wouldn't even let the ships pull up to a dock and unload supplies crucial for a relief effort. But I guess my nephew, who was aboard the first vessel to arrive and is an officer in the navy is just a liar or something because the indonesian spokeshole gungadin says so. But hey what do I know. I only have some friends who came here from Jakarta to escape the islamist hell hole (their description, not mine) because there lives were threatened for simply being christian converts. I am not a religious person so I could careless who or what you worship as long as you don't try and ram your beliefs down my throat or kill me and others because you disagree with their beliefs.
To hell with that country.
Are they sure that Fokker wasn't a Messerschmitt?
It definately is a mess(erschmitt) now.
Or maybe a Mother Fokker. Their other plane is a Cessna 152.
That tail section looks a little large to be a Fokker 27. These plane are old old old. the last one flying was with fed ex and they have since retired them and donated their planes to a museum.
Doesn't seem to routine to me to crash a plane............who trains their pilots to crash into housing projects.
Nah, the Fokker was flying a Messerscmitt.
Aside from all the rude comments about to bombard this thread, this is a sad thing. Prayers for the families.
Sad, indeed. The other half of the Indonesian Air Force is in mourning.
Some of the comments here are as tasteless as the dancing we witnessed in the aftermath of 9/11.....
"Last month a Russian-made airline crashed into a mountain...". Really?
May God Bless...............
@ Baga....
How rude of you not to use the name Alla as we are infidels and they want to kill us for beleving in our God. They will definitly be insulted and call for a jihad against you.
Too bad, you probably share the same God they do.
If you are referring to GOD worshipped by Jews and Christians, then "probably" is a very bad bet. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is not the same god in spite of the erroneous belief that the word "allah" is simply another name for the same god.
If you need some reference, these articles were written by the great viner kpr and are complete with links and sources. kpr produced a great work in these articles for us who already knew the truth and for those who are unaware.
http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10395920-mohammad-the-prophet-of-reformed-arabian-paganism
http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10442579-trilogy-of-a-lie-re-submission
http://kpr37.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10371529-suspicious-minds-in-search-of-al-lah-the-islamic-rock-star
That said, my sympathies to all for their great loss. Very sad and tragic.
I am referring to the fact that there are similarities between every religion's tales.
Mithraism was the main religion before Christianity came from about 800BCE to 300CE.
Mithras was worshipped as a Good Shepherd, the Way, the Truth and the Light, the Redeemer, the Savior, and the Messiah. Mithraism was the most popular of religions in the Roman Empire. Mithras was believed to have been born of a virgin. Like JC, their births were celebrated yearly on DEC-25. Mithra was also visited by shepherds and by Magi. He traveled through the countryside, taught, and performed miracles with his 12 disciples. He cast out devils, returned sight to the blind, healed the lame, etc. Symbols associated with Mithra were a Lion and a Lamb. He held a last supper, was killed, buried in a rock tomb. He rose again after three days later, at the time of the spring equinox, circa MAR-21. He later ascended into heaven. Mithraism celebrated the anniversary of his resurrection, similar to the Christian Easter. They held services on Sunday. Rituals included a Eucharist and six other sacraments that corresponded to the rituals of the Catholic church. Some individuals who are skeptical about stories of JC's life suspect that Christianity may have appropriated many details of Mithraism in order to make their religion more acceptable to Pagans. St. Augustine even stated that the priests of Mithra worshipped the same God as he did.
Many of the stories found in the bible can be found in the ancient religious tablets of civilizations that predated Christianity by thousands of years.
So, couldn't there be a possibility that maybe, what you worship is the same thing that some other religion worships? Different cultures/civilizations perceived it differently, that sort of thing?
mmm...in a word, no.
http://carm.org/christianity/bible/doesnt-religion-mithra-prove-christianity-false
http://www.pleaseconvinceme.com/index/Is_Jesus_Simply_a_Retelling_of_the_Mithras_Myth
http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs/was-christ-born-christmas-day/
The only way to know is by study, research and Christians are told to do this right in II Timothy. It's how I went from agnostic to Christian, BTW.
Too many folks leaking too much sh*t here. Disgusting!
An oxymoron is stringing together the words air force and Indonesia.
Let us hope that casualties are at a minimum, since the housing there is literally right off the end of the runway and houses mostly share common walls. The population of Jakarta, especially in that area, is rather dense -- and that is referring to the people to square mile figures, not their intelligence!
Get ready for more frequent and larger disasters ahead. Those retards have turboprops for their Air Force, could shoot one of them down with a good BB gun. No compassion for a race that blames America, hacks Fagbook, and has a national meme of babies with beer and lit cigarettes for their profile picture. Let's just go with all out War, it's that or get ready to share your 10,000 square foot home with a couple more families. Keep on making babies so we can drop a few hundred more people from the sky each month.
Clearly you know nothing about aircraft, but your comments show you're just an ass with nothing better to do than spew ignorant BS on a public forum. Your parents must be proud.
I got my my eye on you fokker!
Indonesia, the country that will execute you for bringing a gram of pot into the country. Sh*thole.
Good one, yourworst... I wonder who all remember that joke. This is really no more than vermin control.
fritzgabbons - Apparently there's just two..... you and me!
They didn't wind the rubber bands enough!
Jakarta Indonesia; that's where the socialist Barry Soetero, d.b.a. Barack Hussein Obama, is from.
I have more important news than something from indonesia. (but I will pray for the wounded souls)
America desperately needs to get back to the founding principals of our country, and live for God.
Amen.
that means tossing the socialist Barack hussein Obama out of office onto his skinny-azz. If the American public reelects this Marxist, socialist, divisive narcissist as POTUS, then they will get what they deserve.
Yeah, because we are a nation that was founded with Freedom of Christianity, oh, sorry it's freedom of religion. Damn, that's right.
Keep your God out of my government.
OMG. Those poor people that lost their life's. I am concerned about the struggles of my country, but it is tragic when something like this happens. We have become such a selfish people threw out the world, based on some of the comments I have read. Change starts one person at a time.
Somehow, I knew it wouldn't take long before some sh*thead linked Obama to that story. Congrats pos, I mean pod.
Sadly, this plane is a Dutch plane manufactured by Fokker Company. This company no longer exists. I wonder why.
How scarily similar!!!! We had a Navy Jet crash into an Apartment complex here in Virginia not more than a month ago. We were so lucky that there were no fatalities. I am so sorry to hear that they were not so fortunate.
"...three of the fatalities were confirmed to have been on the ground." After the plane crashed, I'm sure all of them were. :P
LOL! Good point.
Interesting how many uninformed political and religious bigots come to these forums, and spout all their bs. Fact is here is that people died tragically. Does not matter where they live, what their leader political views are or what religious beliefs they have, the outcome is the same. And hey Morons, it is only a very small amount of the religious extremists that shout all the death to infidels garbage. But hey, I could be wrong.
greg-2674579
Excellent post, but seriously you should never introduce fact or logic to bigots.
It's true ...very small amount of bigots and extremists where ever you go. But they give a bad name to everybody - such is the human nature. It tends to focus on the negative more than the positive.
for example, people are going to look at this thread read a few hateful messages posted by ignorant, bigoted asshats and conclude that America is a nation of haters - despite the fact that the majority of comments posted here are by nice well meaning people.
Too bad OBAMA was not on the plane or in the house!!!
The Secret Service would like to have a word with you, Kitty.
critical times hard to deal with, will be here.
Thank God it wasn't an American air force plane,or they be suing the USA. They get enough of our help and aid as it is,and it all free to them,but let some USA citizen be homeless,straving,clothless and USA don't care to busy helping all the foreign countries and not out own USA people...Sorry about your loss,but we have our own disasters and problems,and we come 1st before you people. Tell your governmennt to get all their rich butts and help their country instead of waiting on other counrties to spend our money helping and they sit on their rich butts and get richer.
Jakarta? Wear the fox hat?