Indonesian plane crash kills 10

September 20th, 2009 Blackhawk crash kills US service member in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says a Blackhawk helicopter has crashed in an American base in Iraq, killing 1 service member and wounding 12 others.

September 7th, 2009 JAKARTA - An Indonesian Navy plane crashed Monday afternoon in eastern Kalimantan in the Indonesian part of Borneo, and all nine people on board were feared dead, news reports and officials said. The accident took place at about 1 p.m.

September 7th, 2009 Indonesian military plane crashes with 9 aboardJAKARTA, Indonesia — A small Indonesian military plane crashed on Borneo on Monday with nine passengers and crew aboard, killing four, a navy spokesman and the state news agency said. The plane was found in two pieces near a village in East Kalimantan, along with four bodies, the Antara state news service reported, citing police officials.

September 7th, 2009 Indonesian military plane crashes, killing 4JAKARTA, Indonesia — A small Indonesian military plane crashed on Borneo on Monday with nine passengers and crew aboard, killing four, the national search and rescue agency said. The Nomad P837 light aircraft was on a routine patrol when it lost contact with air traffic control at around 1 p.m.

September 2nd, 2009 Powerful quake in Indonesia kills 7; dozens hurtJAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake in Indonesia has killed at least 7 people and injured dozens of others. National Disaster Management Agency Satrio Nurhadiwibowo spokesman says those killed were in two towns in West Java province.

September 2nd, 2009 Strong Indonesian quake kills 15, flattens homesJAKARTA, Indonesia — A disaster management official says the death toll from a powerful Indonesian earthquake has risen to 15 with scores more injured. Disaster Management Agency spokesman Priyadi Kardono says the victims died when the quake hit Wednesday in West Java.

August 5th, 2009 Official: All 16 on crashed Indonesian plane deadJAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers have reached the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a remote Indonesian jungle and reported that all 16 people aboard were dead, an airline official said Wednesday. The Twin Otter came down in bad weather Sunday as it flew over the Papua region in eastern Indonesia, much of which is covered with thick jungles and mountains.

August 3rd, 2009 Search begins for missing Indonesian planeJAKARTA — Search planes hunted Monday for an aircraft carrying 16 people that is believed to have crashed in eastern Indonesia. Four planes were flying close to the route that the Twin Otter was taking before it lost contact with flight controllers Sunday over the remote Papua region, said Air Force Col.

August 3rd, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesian search and rescue workers have failed to locate an aircraft with 15 people and two babies on board that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the eastern province of Papua, officials said Monday. Several rescue planes were dispatched to search for the Twin Otter plane belonging to the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines that went missing Sunday in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province.

May 8th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Three military personnel were killed when the small plane in which they were travelling crashed in western Mexico, an official said. "There are three bodies.

April 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - An aircraft crashed in eastern province of Papua Friday, killing at least 10 people on board, according to an Indonesian Transportation ministry official. Papua police spokesperson Nurhabri said search for the ill-fated plane was underway.

April 6th, 2009 JAKARTA - An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed Monday afternoon in West Java capital of Bandung, killing all 24 people on board, news reports and officials said. The Fokker airplane was carrying 17 officers from the Indonesian Air Force's special force and seven crew when it crashed at about 12.30 p.m.

March 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A small plane crashed Sunday afternoon near an airport in the US state of Montana, with 17 people including several children reportedly killed, authorities said. The single-engine Pilatus PC12 plane crashed in a cemetery around 2:30 p.m.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people on board crashed Wednesday morning as it was approaching Amsterdam's Schiphol airport killing at least nine people, Dutch authorities said. The Boeing 737-800 plane, arriving from Istanbul crash-landed in a soggy field near the airport at 10.30 a.m.

February 18th, 2009 BOGOTA - A Colombian military plane crashed Wednesday during a training mission in westcentral province of Caldas, killing all five people on board, officials said. The so-called 'ghost plane' - a retrofitted Douglas AC-47 - crashed in a rural area of the province and burst into flames upon impact, an air force spokesman said, EFE reported.