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SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
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SilkAir Flight 185
1997 aircraft occurrence in the Musi River
SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Changi Airport in Singapore that crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December 1997, killing…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Musi River (Indonesia)
River in Sumatra, Indonesia
The Musi River is a river in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It flows from south-west to north-east, from the Barisan Mountains range that form the backbone of Sumatra, in Kepahiang Regency, Bengkulu Province, to the Bangka Strait that forms an extension of the South China Sea. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Palembang
City and capital of South Sumatra, Indonesia
Palembang is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers 352.51 square kilometres on both banks of the Musi River in the eastern lowlands of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Indonesia
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)