MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - A domestic airliner crashed in a busy residential area of Indonesia's third biggest city just after take-off on Monday, killing about 100 people aboard and 30 bystanders in an inferno on the ground.
Mandala Airlines officials said 13 passengers sitting in the tail section of the Boeing 737-200 survived the crash in Medan. A local government spokesman said up to 17 might have survived.
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