Jakarta - An airplane belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed Monday afternoon in West Java capital of Bandung and burst into flames, killing all 24 people on board, news reports and officials said. The Fokker F-27 airplane, was carrying 17 officers from the Indonesian Air Forces special force, and seven crew, when crashed at about 12:30 pm (05:30 GMT) at Bandungs Hussein Sastranegara airport, Air Force spokesman Bambang Sulistyo said.An official at Bandung's Salamun hospital said that several burned bodies were brought in, but he was still not sure how many people have been killed in the accident.
Earlier, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Nairiza said the plane was carrying 18 officers and seven crew members. He said it was flying from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusumah airbase.
"All of them were killed in the accident," detik.com quoted Nairiza as saying, adding that most of the victims were byond recognition because the plane was exploded and burst into flames.
He said the Special Forces officers were scheduled to undergo a jump exercise in Bandung.
An official at PT Dirgantara Indonesia, an aircraft company located opposite the airport, was quoted as saying that the plane hit the apron of the factory before it crashed. It was not immediately known the cause of the accident but it took place during a heavy rain, officials said.
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