Indonesian plane crash boy found alive

A five-year-old boy who was separated from his father when an Indonesian passenger jet crashed and burst into flames has been found alive at a hospital in the city of Medan, officials said today.

Pento Panjaitan and his father were on the Mandala Airlines plane that slammed into a busy street seconds after take-off yesterday, ploughing into cars and houses as it skidded more than 200 yards.