¡¤23 people had died in Wednesday's Garuda plane accident in Yogyakarta.
¡¤Some 92 people were injured in the tragedy, while 27 others were safe.
¡¤The bodies of the dead victims were now kept at Dr Sardjito hospital.

Firefighters spray a Garuda Indonesia Airways jetliner which caught fire upon landing at Adisucipto airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    JAKARTA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa said 23 people had died in Wednesday's Garuda plane accident in Yogyakarta.

    A Garuda Boeing 737-400 with 140 passengers and crew on board burst into flames after landing at the local Adisutjipto airport at about 7:00 a.m. local time.

    Some 92 people were injured in the tragedy, while 27 others were safe and had returned home, but had not yet reported themselves to the airport's command post, according to the airport's spokesman, Ary Subagya.

    "The number of passengers was 133 and it had a 7-member crew including five cabin attendants, pilot and co-pilot," the minister said at a press conference in Yogyakarta.

    The bodies of the dead victims were now kept at Dr Sardjito hospital for identification by forensic teams from the hospital and the police.

    The government had formed a team to investigate the accident in cooperation with an Australian team.

    "I have talked with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer for the setting up of a joint investigation as some Australians and other foreigners were among the victims," he said. 

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    JAKARTA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plane from Indonesia's state airline Garuda crashed and exploded when it was landing in the central Indonesian city of Yogyakarta on Wednesday, Antara news agency reported.

    The accident took place at 07:00 local time, and the body of the plane caught fire while passengers were still in the plane, the report said. >>> 

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