2003 East Java bus crash

Road accident in Indonesia March 2022 2003 10 8 y Indonesia Loss of brakes leading to collision 3 54 Road accident Situbondo–Probolinggo Road, Situbondo 2 54 2003 East Java bus crash 2 On 8 October 2003, a tour bus carrying mostly school children collided with two trucks near Situbondo, East Java, killing 54 people. The crash was also called Paiton bus crash or Paiton tragedy due to its location near Paiton thermal power station. The bus was returning students to Yapemda Vocational High School in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta after a week-long trip to the Indonesian island of Bali. It was driving at night on a busy two-lane highway when it was hit head-on by a truck on the wrong side of the road. A delivery truck then collided with the bus from behind and the wreckage burst into flames.54 Dead In Indonesia Bus Crash https://www.cbsnews.com/news/54-dead-in-indonesia-bus-crash/ 2022-03-07 www.cbsnews.com en-USIndonesian crash claims over 50 lives https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/10/9/indonesian-crash-claims-over-50-lives 2022-03-07 www.aljazeera.com en2003-10-10 School-bus crash and fire kill 54 in remote East Java - Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/10/10/2003071107 2022-03-07 www.taipeitimes.com Passengers could not open the exit doors which had been jammed shut in the collision. CNN.com - Schoolgirls die in bus crash - Oct. 9, 2003 http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/09/indon.crash/ 2022-03-07 CNN Forty-nine schoolgirls, two schoolboys, two teachers, and a tour guide died. The bus driver and his assistant were badly injured.Agencies 2003-10-09 54 dead in Indonesian bus crash https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/09/indonesia 2022-03-07 the Guardian en Police officials said it was the deadliest transport accident of that year. The truck driver and his assistant fled the scene. The assistant was apprehended the same night and the driver a few days later. The driver admitted that the unlicensed assistant had been behind the wheel and that their vehicle had been speeding, he said the brakes had failed and that they were occupying both lanes as they descended the hill.2003-10-11 Three detained over fiery Java bus crash en-AU ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-10-11/three-detained-over-fiery-java-bus-crash/1491486 2022-03-07 References Indonesia East Java bus crash East Java bus crash East Java bus crash Category:Transport disasters in Indonesia East Java bus crash East Java bus crash