An Indonesian Boeing 737-200 departing Medan's Polonia airport for Jakarta impacted a densely populated suburb claiming 102 passengers and crew on board and around 47 persons on the ground - 15 passengers survived the ensuing fire

"After take-off the noise of the engine suddenly became very loud and the aircraft began shaking intensely before it suddenly fell"
 
Mandala Airlines is 90 per cent owned by the Indonesian military strategic reserve foundation Kostrad

CASA has grounded all CAP 232 aircraft as a result of an 'in-flight fracture' during a French Aero Meet
 
Reports have 'the most qualified pilot of the French Air Force aerobatics team' killed when the wings apparently "broke off" his machine during practice

One French report has the 39 year-old as "commits suicide" after the wings of the aircraft ended-up "almost intact" 200 meters from the main section of the French Air Force owned and maintained single-seater