Jakarta: A training aircraft crashed into a house in the Indonesian capital today, killing at least one person, the police said. "The aircraft crashed into a house in Villa Pamulang, according to residents who called us at 7:20 am (local time)," first inspector Alif from Pamulang subdistrict in South Jakarta told AFP.
Alif said residents reported that the pilot was found dead but could not provide further details. There were no immediate details on the type of aircraft or whether anyone else was killed or injured in the house it hit. A witness, a woman identified only as Lis, told ElShinta radio that the plane had been flying low and suddenly veered to the right before crashing into the house.
"The sound was like sputtering," Lis said about hearing the aircraft engine shortly before it crashed. The Villa Pamulang housing complex is not far from Pondok Cabe airstrip which is used by small private aircraft. But airstrip employee Suryadi said there was no record of a plane taking off early today.
