The body of former Indonesian president Suharto, who led a military dictatorship for three decades and whose US-backed regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, arrived in his home town today for a state funeral.

Rescuers expanded their search for a missing plane to the sea today, after senior Indonesian officials mistakenly said yesterday that the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.

Rescuers today found the smouldering wreckage of an Indonesian plane that crashed into mountains during a storm killing at least 90 people.

Officials said today that 90 people on board an Indonesian aeroplane which crashed yesterday were killed, while the remaining 12 on board survived.