Buah Nabar

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Buah Nabar is a village in Sibolangit, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Air disaster

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On September 26, 1997, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashed near the village, killing all 234 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Indonesia.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Accident Photo: Garuda Indonesia 152 – Airbus A300 PK-GAI". AirDisaster.Com. September 26, 1997. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ National Transportation Safety Committee. "Final Report: Garuda Indonesia Flight GA 152, Airbus A300-B4, PK-GAI, Buahnabar, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, 26 SEPTEMBER 1997 (KNKT/97.29/04.06.016)" (PDF). knkt.dephub.go.id. National Transportation Safety Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Moments before Indonesian crash, jet pilot blinded by haze". edition.cnn.com. 26 September 1997. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-21.

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