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Passengers in Indonesia escape as plane splits in two on landing

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An Indonesian passenger plane carrying more than 100 people veered off a runway as it landed in Papua, then snapped in half as it came to rest in a nearby river, a transport ministry official said today.

About 20 passengers and a member of the cabin crew on the Merpati Nusantara Airlines planes were injured in the accident and taken to hospital, the official said.

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