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Military plane crashes in Indonesia Indonesia military transport plane crashes in Medan
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Military transport plane crashes in Indonesian city of Medan, officials say A military transport plane has crashed in a residential neighbourhood of the Indonesian city of Medan in northern Sumatra, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Local TV reported that the Hercules crashed into two houses and a car and burst into flames.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Military spokesman Fuad Basya told the BBC that the plane came down soon after take-off and that there were at least 12 crew members on board.
He said that it was not clear how many people had died.
Pictures on Twitter showed thick black smoke at the crash site.