- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 17, 1997
Time: 1156
Location: Bandung, Indonesia
Operator: Sempati Air
Flight #: 304
Route: Bangdung - Jakarta
AC Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Registration: PK-YPM
cn / ln: 10415
Aboard: 50   (passengers:45  crew:5)
Fatalities: 30   (passengers:25  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft developed engine trouble (left engine caught on fire) shortly after taking off. While attempting to make an emergency landing at Sulaiman AFB, the plane clipped roof tops of a housing project and crashed into a nearby field.
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