Indonesia military plane crashes, 24 feared dead

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JAKARTA, April 6 (Reuters): Twenty-four people are feared dead after an Indonesian military plane on a training exercise crashed in wet conditions at a base in West Java Monday, an air force spokesman said.
The Fokker 27 aircraft had 17 advanced parachute trainees, one instructor and six crew on board, Bambang Soelistyo said.
"We anticipate all 24 died," Soelistyo said, adding that a search of the crash site near the city of Bandung was being conducted.
It was not clear what caused the Fokker 27, carrying special forces trainees on a parachuting exercise, to go down in rainy weather outside the city of Bandung.
Emergency vehicles rushed to the scene and shuttled victims to a nearby hospital.
Air force spokesman Bambang Sulistyo said six crew, an instructor and 17 trainees were on the plane.