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Indonesia’s air force has temporarily grounded its remaining eight C-130B Hercules aircraft, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, after one of them crashed into a residential area killing dozens. At least 49 bodies have so far been recovered from the site in northern Indonesia’s city of Medan, where the aircraft with 113 on board crashed.

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Security forces and rescue teams examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia.Roni Bintang/Reuters

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Residents gather next to the crash site of a military Hercules plane in Medan, North Sumatra province.Muhammad Zulfan Dalimunthe/AFP / Getty Images

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Security forces and rescue teams remove the bodies of victims from the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia.Antara Foto/Reuters

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A propeller from an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane rests on the roof of a building after the plane crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia.Roni Bintang/Reuters

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Relatives of victims grieve outside the Adam Malik hospital following the Indonesian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan.Atar/AFP / Getty Images

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Security forces and residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane after it crashed into a residential area in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia.Roni Bintang/Reuters

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Residents examine the wreckage of an Indonesian Air Force cargo plane from a building next to the site where it crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Binsar Bakkara/The Associated Press

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Military personnel remove an aircraft wheel at the site where an air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Dedy Zulkifli/The Associated Press

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A relative in Malang holds up her smartphone showing a photograph of Indonesian Air Force captain Sandy Permana, who was a crew member aboard the Indonesian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft that crashed in Medan, northern Sumatra.Aman Rochman/AFP / Getty Images

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Firefighters and military personnel inspect the site where an Air Force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.Gilbert Manullang/The Associated Press

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