Twenty-four people are feared dead after an Indonesian military plane on a training exercise crashed in wet conditions at a base n West Java on 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.

Reuters

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