<H1>Reports of passenger plane crash on Indonesian island
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A passenger plane, believed to be bound for Singapore, has apparently crashed on the Indonesian island of Batam, according to police and witnesses.
Witnesses told the Jakarta-based private radio station Elshinta and the private television network Metro TV they saw smoke coming from what at least one of them said appeared to be ''a big passenger plane''.
Not long afterward, an explosion was heard at 9.20am (local time) at the Hang Nadim International Airport on Batam Island near Singapore.
Police said the plane was believed to have been headed for the city-state.
Qantas says it has no immediate information regarding a reported accident involving a Qantas plane
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