Indonesia to call off search for victims in deadly military plane crash

Indonesian air force soldiers carry the coffin of a victim of an Indonesian military C-130B Hercules aircraft that crashed into a residential area to another cargo plane for transport home at a military airbase in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia July 2, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. REUTERS/Irsan Mulyadi/Antara Foto

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities will call off a two-day search for victims on Thursday after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area in Sumatra, killing around 140 people, the military said.

The Hercules C-130B was carrying 122 passengers when it crashed into houses in the northern city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, killing all on board and more on the ground.