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Indonesian aircraft accident: president asks retirement all Fokker F-27 to be grounded

Jakarta, Indonesia - But the Air Force answers: "He was only making a suggestion"

The Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked to the Asian-country Air Force to ground all the Fokker F-27 transport aircraft, as a consequence of the crash occurred on the 21 of June (AVIONEWS), which caused 11 casualties, 7 among crew members and 4 persons on the ground, including two children, aged 6 and 2 (AVIONEWS). In April 2009 the crash of another Indonesian Fokker F-27 caused...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142586
Rome, Italy, 06/25/2012 14:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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