JAKARTA: A light aircraft burst into flames after hitting a building during an air show in Indonesia on Saturday, killing both the pilots, the transport ministry said.
Television footage showed a thick plume of smoke rising from the crash site in Bandung in western Java, where the air show was held to commemorate the city's 202nd anniversary.
"A Cessna 202 plane lost altitude during a manoeuvre and crashed into a building at 11:37 am (0437 GMT) with two pilots on board, who were both killed instantly," transport ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan told.
Indonesia has a poor aviation safety record and is in the process of updating its ageing military aircraft and equipment, procuring Russian and American warplanes, boats for its navy and parts for its transport planes.
A New Zealand pilot and two Indonesians were killed in March when a helicopter chartered by the local arm of US mining company Freeport-McMoRan crashed in the remote Papua province.
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