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<b>JAKARTA: Thirteen people were killed Saturday when an Indonesian army helicopter carrying construction workers crashed in the jungles </b><b>of Borneo as it came in to land, an official said.</b></div>
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<b>"Thirteen people died in the crash while the rest suffered burn injuries," military spokesman Iskandar Sitompul told AFP. There were 21 people on board, he said.</b></div>
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<b>Earlier reports said nine people had been injured in the crash, in the Malinau district of North Kalimantan province in the Indonesian part of Borneo island.</b></div>
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<b>Sitompul said earlier that the aircraft had burst into flames when it crashed.</b></div>
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<b>The Russian-made, Mi-17 aircraft was carrying eight crew, who were military personnel, 13 civilian construction workers and materials weighing 500 kilos (1,100 pounds).</b></div>
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<b>AFP</b></div>
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13 dead in Indonesian army helicopter crash: military

JAKARTA: Thirteen people were killed Saturday when an Indonesian army helicopter carrying construction workers crashed in the jungles o...