Afghanistan's Bamiyan on frontline of warzone tourism
Trudging halfway up a jagged goat trail, guide Muhammad Ibrahim extolled the panoramic view — a vast, ancient landscape of russet-hued cliffs that is on the frontline of Afghan efforts to jumpstart warzone tourism. (Photo: AFP)- "Everyone panicked and screamed," Tumpak Naibaho, a 27-year-old tyre repairman, told AFP, adding there were hundreds of people in the area when the crash happened around midday. (Photo: AP)
- New witness accounts emerged of terrifying scenes, with one man describing how the plane flew low and then smashed into a building, producing "flames as high as four storeys". (Photo: AP)
- As more bodies were pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital, police put the total death toll at 142, indicating a growing number of fatalities in the neighbourhood where the plane crashed. (Photo: AP)
- But the air force has repeatedly revised up the number of people on the plane -- it initially indicated there were only 12 crew -- raising questions about poor management and whether there were paying civilians on board in violation of military
- Many of those on board the flight to an island off Sumatra, which was carrying 122 people, were believed to be servicemen and women and their families. (Photo: AP)
- Buildings were severely damaged, cars reduced to flaming wrecks and the plane itself was almost completely destroyed, with the mangled tail the only part of the 51-year-old aircraft still recognisable after the disaster. (Photo: AP)
- The Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed into a residential area of Medan on Tuesday, shortly after taking off from an airbase in the city on Sumatra island. (Photo: AP)
Trudging halfway up a jagged goat trail, guide Muhammad Ibrahim extolled the panoramic view — a vast, ancient landscape of russet-hued cliffs that is on the frontline of Afghan efforts to jumpstart warzone tourism. (Photo: AFP)
Afghanistan's Bamiyan on frontline of warzone tourism
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