YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — A packed jetliner crash-landed and erupted in flames today, killing at least 21 people trapped inside the burning wreckage. More than 115 others escaped through emergency exits as black smoke billowed behind them, authorities and witnesses said.

Survivors, many of them bloodied and dazed, said the Boeing 737-400 shook violently as it approached Yogyakarta airport and then shot off the runway, plowing through a fence and then coming to a halt in a rice field.

"Suddenly there was smoke inside the fuselage; it hit the runway and then it landed in a rice field," local Islamic leader Dien Syamsudin told El-Shinta radio station. "I saw a foreigner. His clothes were on fire and I jumped from the emergency exit. Thank God I survived."

The government ordered an investigation into the crash, the third involving a commercial jetliner in the country in as many months. On New Year's Day, a jet plummeted into the sea, killing all 102 people on board. Weeks later, a plane broke apart on landing, though there were no casualties.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Attacks on Shiite pilgrims showed no sign of easing today with at least 11 people killed by bombs and gunfire as they streamed toward a Muslim shrine ahead of a weekend holiday.The targeted violence came a day after two suicide bombers exploded themselves among pilgrims lining up at a checkpoint, killing at least 120 people and wounding about 190, police and hospital officials said.Today, mourners carried coffins through Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, where a main street became a swamp of blood and debris after the twin attack. Bodies in plastic bags were lined up outside the city's hospital, where the wounded lay on gurneys in crowded hallways.The Hillah bombings and other attacks on Shiites have been blamed on Sunni insurgents, trying to destabilize Iraq's Shiite-dominated government.

SOLOK, Indonesia — Relatives of those killed in a powerful earthquake sobbed and threw rose petals on graves today, while others began clearing rubble from their crumpled homes.At least 52 people were killed and hundreds injured in Tuesday's quake, the latest in a string of natural disasters to hit the nation.The 6.3 magnitude quake that struck Sumatra island left at least 52 dead, said Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi, lowering the death toll by nearly 20 today. He said some victims had been counted twice. Officials said some 250 people were injured.The temblor was felt as far away as neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, where some tall buildings were evacuated. Two hours later, a 6.1 aftershock rattled the region.