HERE ARE THE WORST AVIATION DISASTERS IN THE NATION’S HISTORY

NORTHERN SUMATRA

The worst disaster in Indonesia’s aviation history left 234 dead in 1997. An Airbus A-300B4 operated by national carrier Garuda Indonesia crashed in a smog-shrouded ravine

JAVA SEA

In 2014, an Airasia plane plunged into the

Java Sea during stormy weather, killing

162 people. The Malaysian airline was flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore

MEDAN DISASTER

A Mandala Airlines domestic flight crashed shortly after take-off in 2005 into a densely populated suburb in Medan, a city of two million on the island of Sumatra, killing at least 150

MILITARY PLANE CRASH

In June 2015 a military plane crashed after take-off, coming down in a residential area in Medan, killing around 122 people on board. Around 20 people were also killed on the ground

AIR FORCE PLANE

In 1991, an air force plane crashed in East Jakarta minutes after take-off when an engine caught fire, killing 135 people according to reports. Those who died included 121 airmen, 12 crew and two people on the ground. One passenger survived

RIVER CRASH

In 1997, a Silk Air flight crashed into a river near the Indonesian city of Palembang while on its way to Singapore from Jakarta.

All 104 passengers and crew were killed in what was investigated as a possible pilot murder-suicide

NEW YEAR’S DAY CRASH

An Adam Air plane plunged into the sea off Sulawesi island on New Year’s Day

2007, killing all 102 people on board. The airline was later banned from flying. Indonesian authorities said the pilots lost control after becoming preoccupied with malfunctioning navigational equipment.