At least 98 people have been killed in Indonesian after a military transport plane carrying 110 people crashed and burst into flames in East Java.
The C-130 Hercules aircraft ploughed into several houses on the ground, scattering debris and sending flames and billowing smoke into the air.
It happened at about 6.30am local time this morning (00.30 Irish time) around 5-7km from the Iswahyudi air force base.
National military spokesman Sagom Tamboen told a news conference that the plane had been in good condition and the weather was clear before the crash.
The location of the crash is near the border of the districts of Madiun and Magetan in East Java, about 150km southwest of Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya.
Air force spokesman Soelistyo said the plane had been flying from Jakarta to the eastern part of Java Island.
Former air force chief Chappy Hakim said the plane that crashed was US made and built in the 1980s.
Indonesia has a poor record of air safety and maintenance and has suffered a string of accidents in recent years affecting both commercial and military aircraft.
