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| Many survive Indonesia jet crash |
| Scores of people have survived the crash of an Indonesian jet that burst into flames on landing at Yogyakarta airport in Java, killing 22 people
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| INDONESIA
, 7-March-2007
9:53:24 AM |
| The state-owned Garuda airline, which operated the Boeing 737-400, confirmed that 118 people had survived.
Survivors described how they scrambled through emergency doors moments before fire raced through the cabin.
Investigators have found the plane's flight data recorders which may be sent to Australia or the US for examination.
Indonesia's president has announced an investigation into the crash 440km (270 miles) south-east of Jakarta
The country's safety record has been in the spotlight recently after a series of accidents, correspondents say.
'Too fast'
The crash happened at about 0700 local time (0000 GMT).
Passengers said the jet started shaking violently before landing.
The operations chief at Yogyakarta airport said the front wheel of the plane was on fire as it landed, causing it to veer off the runway and hit a boundary fence.
He said an engine had then broken away from the plane and the fuselage burst into flames. The aircraft came to rest in the middle of a rice field.
First Air Marshal Benyamin Dandel, air force commander at Yogyakarta, said: "The plane was too fast or over-speeding, so it ran about 300 metres off the runway."
Some survivors said a fire started near the front the plane and then a wall of flame raced down the fuselage.
Passenger Din Syamsudin, chairman of the Indonesia Muslim group Muhammadiyah, told Reuters: "Some passengers wanted to get their hand luggage. I cried to them, 'get out, get out'.
"The plane was full of smoke. I just jumped from two metres and landed in a rice field."
A cameraman from Australia's Seven Network was on the flight and filmed the scene after he escaped from the crash.
The pictures show passengers fleeing the plane as thick black smoke rises from the fuselage
Flames break out from the jet and then there is an explosion and a fireball.
A number of survivors are being treated in hospital for severe injuries or burns.
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