Updated: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:29:45 GMT | By Agence France-Presse

Six killed in Indonesian military plane crash : official

Six of the seven crew members aboard an Indonesian military aircraft that crashed into a housing complex in Jakarta Thursday were killed, an air force spokesman said.

"Six out of the seven crew were killed and one was critically injured. That's all we know so far," spokesman Asman Yunus told AFP. "We've found no civilian victims so far."

The Fokker-27 crashed at 2:45 pm (0745 GMT) during routine military training, Yunus added.

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