At least five people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a city on Sumatra island and exploded in a ball of flames, police said.
Mardiaz Dwihananto, police chief of Medan city where the accident happened, told AFP that five to six bodies had so far been recovered from wreckage of the plane and buildings after the crash in a residential area.
"The bodies were in (the) debris of the plane and buildings... we are taking the bodies one by one by ambulance to Adam Malik hospital. We haven't managed to evacuate all of the bodies."
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