Indonesian air force plane crashes into housing complex in capital

JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesia air force plane has crashed into a housing complex in the capital and houses were reportedly burning.

Alwi, an official at the East Jakarta Fire Brigade said the Fokker 27 turboprop aircraft crashed Thursday near a street within Halim Perdanakusuma air base.

Firefighters were dispatched to the site. Media reports quoted witnesses as saying at least eight houses were burning.

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