Indonesia plane crashes after lightning strike, 4 dead
AFP | Sunday, 19 January 2014
JAKARTA: A light aircraft crashed and burst into flames on a beach in eastern Indonesia Sunday after being hit by lightning, killing all four people on board, an official and eyewitness said.
The Piper Seneca turboprop was flying from the eastern region of Papua to Tual city in the Maluku Islands when it was caught in a storm around midday.
Witness Akib Hanubun told AFP the aircraft was pounded by fierce winds and rain before being hit by lightning and crashing near a village.The plane’s left wing broke after it was struck by lightning.