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Lion Airlines MD-82 plane crash

Solo, Indonesia
Lion Airlines MD-82 plane crash - Solo, Indonesia

Key facts

Airline
Lion Airlines
Aircraft
MD-82
Location
Solo, Indonesia
Date
30th November, 2004
People on board
153
Fatalities
26

Accident account

The MD-82, on a passenger flight from Jakarta, with an intermediate stop in Surabaya, to Solo (Indonesia). On landing at Solo, the plane overran the runway, crashed through the airport perimeter fence, and came to rest in a graveyard. The forward portion of the fuselage was heavily damaged, and consumed by fire. 26 out of the 153 people onboard died.

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