AKIPRESS.COM - At least 30 people have been killed after an Indonesian military plane crashed in a residential area in Sumatra and burst into flames today.

An Indonesian military spokesman told The Associated Press the Hercules C-130 plane had crashed in the city of Medan.

Mardiaz Dwihananto, police chief of Medan city where the accident happened, told AFP that five to six bodies had so far been recovered from wreckage of the plane and buildings after the crash in a residential area.

"The bodies were in (the) debris of the plane and buildings... we are taking the bodies one by one by ambulance to Adam Malik hospital. We haven't managed to evacuate all of the bodies."