Rescuers search for victims at the site where an air force cargo plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on June 30, 2015. The Hercules C-130 plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in the country's third-largest city Medan. (AP Photo/Yudha Lesmana)

(Bloomberg) — An aging Indonesian military plane packed with soldiers and their families crashed after takeoff in a densely-populated area of Sumatra’s biggest city, killing at least 113 in the latest air disaster to beset the Southeast Asian nation.

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was carrying 101 passengers and 12 crew, and there were no survivors, Air Force Chief Agus Supriyatna said Tuesday on MetroTV. The plane hit buildings and cars, smashing into a hotel and a sauna, but there was no word on casualties on the ground.

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