At Least 8 Dead In Indonesia Plane Crash
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A commercial jetliner carrying more than 100 people caught fire as it landed at an airport on Indonesia’s Java island on Wednesday, an airline official and witnesses said. At least 8 people were killed, an airport official said. The Boeing 737-400 was carrying an undetermined number of Australian journalists and diplomatic staff who were in Indonesia with the country’s foreign minister, said Australian Treasurer Peter Costello. The foreign minister was reportedly not on the plane.
