More than 49 people have died after an airliner from Indonesia's Garuda carrier overshot a runway and burst into flames.
However 115 passengers also survived the crash after scrambling through the burning wreckage to safety.
Airport officials have said that the crash-landing at Yogyakarta airport in central Java on Wednesday was an accident.
One survivor told Reuters that passengers had been warned the flight would be turbulent.
"As we approached the ground and I could see roofs from our window, the plane was still swaying and shaking," said Ruth Meigi Panggabean, who works for the aid group World Vision.
"Then the plane was slammed to the ground and skidded forward and slammed once again before it came to a stop."
Other passengers reported that they were able to prepare themselves for a crash before the aircraft ever landed.
"Before the plane landed it was shaking. Suddenly there was smoke inside the fuselage, it hit the runway and then it landed in a rice field," passenger Dien Syamsudin told local media.
"I saw a foreigner. His clothes were on fire and I jumped from the emergency exit. Thank God I survived."
Investigation demanded
The Indonesian president has ordered a full investigation into the crash with government officials hinting that sabotage will be investigated as a possible cause of the crash.
Andi Mallarangeng, a government spokesman, said investigators would look into possible "non-technical" causes.
Early reports said that the tyres of the aircraft, a Boeing 737, were responsible for the crash.
"Some witnesses said that the tyres burst on land, others said that they saw flames as the plane came into land," said Dan Nolan, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Yogyakarta.
The aircraft was carrying seven crew and 133 passengers; witnesses said it took firefighters two hours to extinguish the blaze.
'Tragedy'
The Australian government has said it believes up to 10 of its citizens were on board, including several journalists. Only five are known to have survived.
"We should be prepared for bad news in relation to at least some of the Australians on board the aircraft," John Howard, the Australian prime minister, told a news conference.
"It is a terrible tragedy. Many lives have been lost and our love and sympathy and condolences go to those who are suffering distress and grief."
Howard said there was no evidence that the crash was anything other than an accident.
"I have not received any advice suggesting it was anything other than a tragic accident," he said.
"I've not receive any advice suggesting that there was sabotage or a terrorist attack."
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has been the scene of several bloody attacks on Australian tourists.
String of disasters
Indonesia has been hit by a series of air disasters in recent years.
On 1 January, a passenger plane operated by budget airline Adam Air crashed into the ocean, killing all 102 people on board.
In September 2005 about 150 people died when a Mandala Airlines Boeing 737 crashed into houses on take off from Medan in north Sumatra
Following the Adam Air crash, the government said it was looking at banning local commercial airlines from operating planes more than 10 years old.
However, most experts say proper maintenance and the number of takeoffs and landings are the critical factors in preventing accidents.
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Rescue workers try to put out the flames of a Boeing 737-400 in Indonesia