Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - A Hawk 200 fighter plane of the Indonesian Air Force`s Pekanbaru air base crashed at one end of the Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport`s runway here on Tuesday.
The plane crashed in an upside-down position at the same spot where another Hawk 200 fighter plane met a similar fate in November 2006.
The accident site lay close to a local residential area in Maharatu village, Marpoyan Damai sub district, Pekanbaru.
Up to now, the Pekanbaru air base had not yet issued any statement regarding the accident. However, an Air Force officer, Major Dede, earlier confirmed that the ill-fated plane was a Hawk 200 but he refused to give more details.
Local residents living around the accident site said that the accident occurred at around 9.00 am on Tuesday (Oct. 30).
Dewi, a local resident, said she had noticed there might be an air force exercise which produced a lot of noise at the airport and suddenly she heard the very loud sound of an explosion.
A few moments later many air force and military officers arrived at the location.
"Before they came, we had already rushed to the location of the explosion. We clearly saw a plane in upside-down position," she said.
Air Force and military officers then tightly guarded the location and barred reporters from approaching the spot.
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