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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

No survivors in Indonesia air crash

An Indonesian military aircraft carrying 24 people has crashed into an airport in West Java, killing everyone on board, air force officials say.The Fokker-27 was attempting to land during a regular training flight when it crashed and burst into flames during stormy weather on Monday, 110km southeast of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, the officials said.The aircraft was carrying six crew members, an instructor and 17 special forces trainees.Witnesses told the Antara state news agency that the aircraft, which was said to be over three decades old, was shaking before it erupted into a giant fireball upon impact.Bambang Sulistio, an air force spokesman, said an investigation was under way, but that it was too early to discuss the possible causes of the crash."Before we fly there are procedures and checks to make sure the plane is in good condition," he said."We're setting up an investigation team to see if there was human error or aircraft failure. From our information, it crashed, there was some sort of explosion and it caught fire."Accidents are not uncommon to the Indonesian military's fleet of ageing aircraft.

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