A Boeing 737-200 with 117 people onboard crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra capital in the morning of Sept 5, 2005. The plane belonging to local firm Mandala Airlines took off at 09.40 local time (02:40 GMT) and headed to Jakarta. Indonesian Minister of Transportation estimated that the plane crash in Medan left no survivor, calling it the worst air disaster in five years.
A Boeing 737-200 with 117 people onboard crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra capital in the morning of Sept 5, 2005.
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