A training plane of Indonesian air force crashed in the town of Sragen, Central Java on Thursday, killing a crew member.

The plane crashed around 11 a.m. (0400 GMT) on a rice field and was totally damaged, the detik.com reported.

The training plane was piloted by two pilots and one of them died.

"I can't confirm the fate of the other one," Sardi, the unit chief of crime and research of Sumberlawang regional police, was quoted by the report.

Police could not evacuate the plane because they had to wait for Indonesian air force personnel.

(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2009)