Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jun 30, 2015 (139 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on June 30, 2015 near Medan-Soewondo AFB, North Sumatra, Indonesia with 139 fatalities. Cause: No final official cause...
- Date: June 30, 2015
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Medan-Soewondo AFB, North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 139
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: No final official cause published. Preliminary statements by Air Force officials pointed to an engine (reported as the number four engine or propeller) malfunction after takeoff; the aircraft had no flight recorder.
On 30 June 2015 an Indonesian Air Force Lockheed KC 130B Hercules A 1310 took off from Medan Soewondo Air Force Base for Tanjung Pinang with military personnel and families on board. About two minutes after takeoff the pilot asked to return, the aircraft rolled right, clipped a radio tower and crashed into buildings about 5 km from the base, where it burned. A total of 139 people died, including all 122 on board and 17 on the ground, and no final investigation cause had been published in the sources reviewed.