MEDAN: The Indonesian military plane that crashed into a residential neighbourhood and killed 142 people likely suffered an engine failure, the air force said, but denied the aircraft was overloaded after claims civilians had paid to get on board.
The Hercules C-130 went down Tuesday in the city of Medan shortly after taking off from a nearby airbase, exploding in a fireball and causing widespread destruction.
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