Bodies of 18 plane crash victims flown to Indonesian air base

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JAKARTA, Indonesia : The bodies of 18 people killed when an Indonesian air force planecrashed into a mountain were flown Sunday by helicopter to amilitary base in the capital, an official said.
Three foreigners — a Singaporean, an Indian and a Briton— were among those on the Casa-212 plane, which went downThursday while on an aerial surveillance mission, leaving nosurvivors.
It took two days for search and rescue teams to reach the crashsite, on the side of the rugged and heavily forested SalakMountain, 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Jakarta.
Air force spokesman Chaeruddin Ray said the bodies were being takento the air force hospital at the Halim Perdanakusuma air base,where they would be collected by family members or sent back home.
The victims were 12 air force personnel and six civilians.