Explain “How many people were killed in the Indonesian navy plane crash?
JAKARTA — Four people were killed on Monday after an Indonesian Navy aircraft crashed into a swamp on the Indonesian half of Borneo island, a navy spokesman said. “Four civilian passengers were killed and five others were injured both seriously and lightly when the plane crashed in a swamp about 24 miles (39 kilometres) west of East Kalimantan province’s Sekatak river mouth,” Iskandar Sitompul told AFP. He said that the Nomad plane was carrying three military personnel and six civilians on a maritime patrol mission. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the light aircraft around 1:00 pm (0500 GMT) in East Kalimantan province, he said. Sitompul would not confirm reports by the state news agency Antara that the plane was split into two parts on impact. Local police chief Purnama told AFP that residents may have witnessed the crash. “Local residents reported to us that there was a plane that crashed into a cluster of prawn ponds at the edge of a river. The man heard the sound of roari
