AT LEAST 98 people, including 14 children, were killed and scores injured when an ageing Indonesian military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed into homes in East Javaand burst into flames.

A total of 112 people were aboard when the US-made C130 Hercules transport plane crashed in Magetan,about 520 kms east of capital Jakarta.

The crash destroyed four homes and killed two people who lived in at least one of the homes, said Suwardi, the vil lage leader of Karas in East Java.

The plane had a crewof 14 and was carrying an additional 98 passengers, officials said. It was flying from Jakarta to the eastern province of Papua via Magetan. Fourteen children were among 98 people killed in the crash, they said.

At least 15 people from the flight had been rescued, Bambang Sulistyo, an Indonesian air force spokesman, said adding that soldiers and rescue workers continued to search the charred wreckage.