page_title: 2015 in Indonesia
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 in Indonesia / Events / August
caption_attribution_description: English: 66th anniversary of independence day of the Republic of Indonesia.
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Indonesia.
context_section_description: 2 August – A student in Bekasi, West Java has died during the student orientation programme. The incident caused some controversies in the Indonesian government, whether to prohibit the programme or not.
  3 August – A large explosion occurred in a housing complex in Makassar, killing two women and critically injured the other three. Three houses were also heavily damaged by the blast. Even though the police hasn't officially announce the cause of such event, it was suspected that a fish bomb was planted in the area.
  12 August – A Komala Air PAC 750 carrying six people crashed before landing at Ninia Airport, killing one onboard and injuring five others.
  16 August
  An ATR-42 carrying 54 people, operated by Trigana Air Service loses contact with air traffic controller in Indonesia's Papua region.
  Six foreigners were reported missing while diving in Sangalaki Island in East Kalimantan.
  17 August
  Indonesia celebrates its 70th birthday.
  Trigana Air Service Flight 267 was found slammed into the mountainside of Mount Tangok in Papua. All 54 people on board died.
  23 August – The once famously known as the world's dirtiest river was revitalized and cleaned to almost pristine by Jakarta Government.
  24 August – Indonesia's Rupiah plunged to Rp. 14000 per USD in response to Black Monday, the lowest since 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, along with some stock market crashes around the world.
caption: Celebrations and festivals as Indonesia celebrates its 70th anniversary
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