At least 14 die in Indonesian plane crash

Updated June 28, 2008 16:31:42

Authorities say an Indonesian search team pulled 14 bodies on Saturday from the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in a dense forest with 18 people on board, including three foreigners.

The plane, which was flying from Jakarta to Bogor in West Java, went missing on Thursday.

It had 12 military personnel and six civilians on board, including a Briton, a Singaporean and an Indian.

A small air force plane spotted the wreckage late on Friday but could not get closer because of bad weather.

An air force spokesman, Chaerudin Ray, said the search and rescue team reached the site on Saturday morning after a steep climb up a heavily forested mountain.

Chaerudin Ray had earlier said the plane had set out to test a digital mapping camera.

Indonesian air carriers have been hit by several crashes and safety incidents in recent years, and the country's airlines are currently banned by the European Union.

News

RSS & Podcasts

Subscribe to Podcasts for free MP3 downloads of our programs. Use our RSS Webfeeds to customize the content that you want.