Date in year · 1997 · The 1990s
On July 17, 1997, after takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people. The year's #1 song was "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John. Asa Butterfield, Álex Palou, Claire Wineland would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 17, 1997
Husein Sastranegara Airport is a domestic airport serving Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia. 5 km from Bandung’s city center. The airport is named after Husein Sastranegara, an Indonesian Air Force officer who died during the Indonesian National Revolution when his aircraft crashed in Yogyakarta.
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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
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Airport in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Husein Sastranegara Airport is a domestic airport serving Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia. 5 km from Bandung’s city center. The airport is named after Husein Sastranegara, an Indonesian Air Force officer who died during the Indonesian National Revolution when his aircraft crashed in Yogyakarta.
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