JAKARTA — An Indonesian air force plane crashed into a military housing complex in Jakarta on Thursday, killing ten crew members on board and critically injuring at least five other people, officials said. “Six out of the seven crew were killed and one was critically injured,” air force spokesman Asman Yunus told AFP, adding that the surviving crew member was in hospital. Military spokesman Iskandar Sitompul said: “Four people on the ground have also been taken to hospital and are in intensive care.” The Fokker-27 crashed into the housing complex in the Halim Perdanakusuma military airport compound at 2:45 P.M. after taking off from the same airport at 1:10 P.M. “The aircraft was conducting training and there were no passengers aboard,” said Yunus. — AFP
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