Features Mark Bowling witnesses the recent rise of Papuan separatism . North Korea - Philip Williams shares his impressions of Pyongyang . Turkey's armed forces General Staff says the plane was heading from the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir to Ankara carrying six crew and 31 passengers, all military personnel. Military officials say there is no immediate indication on the cause of the crash, which occurred in an open area of rolling hills, but say it is the worst air disaster in Turkey since 1994, when 57 people died in a Turkish Airlines crash.
Witnesses say the plane was in several parts and was still on fire after crashing in an empty field.