Indian Air Force says cargo plane crashes

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian Air Force C-130J Hercules cargo plane crashed on Friday in Madhya Pradesh, an Air Force spokesman said.

A rescue operation was under way after the plane, a heavy lifter of a type made by U.S. Lockheed Martin Corp , came down to the West of the city of Gwalior.

It was not known how many people were on board, the spokesman said.

(Reporting by Sruthi Gottipati; Writing by Douglas Busvine; editing by Malini Menon)