Four Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers were killed after the TNI-owned MI-17 helicopter they were flying in during a flight training crashed in Kaliwungu, Kecamatan Kendal in Central Java today.

They were nine soldiers involved in the flight training when the mishap occurred at 1.40 pm.

"The other five were injured," TNI Information chief Brig General Nefra Firdaus said in a statement.

The cause of the crash of the Russian-made helicopter is being investigated.

-- BERNAMA