Some 113 people were on board a military plane that crashed into the downtown of Indonesia's North Sumatra capital city of Medan, the country's Air Force chief said on Tuesday.

The C-130 Hercules was carrying 101 passengers and 12 crew members when it went down shortly after taking off from an airport of the northern city, Agus Supriatna told local television station MetroTV.

At least 49 bodies have been recovered so far.

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