"Yes, an Indonesian Air Force aircraft has just crashed near Halim."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A Fokker F-27 aircraft belonging to Squadron 2 of the Indonesian Air Force crashed into a housing complex near Halim Perdana Kusuma airbase in East Jakarta on Thursday.
"Yes, an Indonesian Air Force aircraft has just crashed near Halim," the Head of Information of Indonesian Air Force, Colonel Agung Sasongkojati, confirmed the news.
The aircraft, which was manufactured in the Netherlands, crashed while it was preparing to land on the main runway.
The pilot and co-pilot died in the accident, and several houses caught fire as a result of the accident.
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