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YOGYAKARTA - Investigators that work on the crash of a Boeing 737-400 that burst into flames after skidding of he runway, said that it's front wheels broke off as is touched down. "We are trying to find out why the wheel broke," said investigator Marjdono Siswo Suwarno. Forensics struggled to identify the victims from Wednesday's accident on the airport of Yogyakarta, central Java. Many were burned beyond recognition.
Suwarno told that after the front wheels broke off, the right wing fuel tanks were torn open, enabling the fire to spread quickly. 117 injured survivors removed themselves from the plane after it broke through fences and ended up in rice fields. Most had just small injuries, some had burns and broken bones. Those killed were trapped inside after the plane caught fire.
At least four Australians were dead. One other Australian is feared dead, but her body has not been officially identified yet. Two other people remained missing. Australian and Indonesian crash investigators examined the fuselage and other parts of the plane scattered over a relatively small area at the end of the runway. Both 'black boxes' (data recorders, and they are not black but orange) had been recovered and would be analyzed in Australia.
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