The death toll from a plane crash in Indonesia’s fourth-largest city Medan rose to more than 140 people as a massive recovery effort wound down on Wednesday afternoon.
Officials said that 122 people were onboard the Hercules C-120 military transport plane when it crashed just after noon on Tuesday, including military officers and their family members. Sairi Saragih, a spokeswoman at Adam Malik Hospital, said 142 bodies had been recovered by early Wednesday, suggesting that the plane killed at least 20 people on the ground.
On Wednesday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised an investigation into the cause of the crash and a review of the country’s air force fleet.