Indonesian plane crashes in Papua
The wreackage of an Indonesia regional plane carrying 54 passengers and crew which had gone missing flying over the eastern province of Papua has been found.
It lost contact with air traffic control just minutes before its expected time of arrival at Oksibil, transportation ministry spokesman Julius Barata said.
Reports said local villagers spotted a plane flying low and going down in a mountainous area just outside Oksibil.
The Trigana Air Service ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane had departed from the Papuan city of Jayapura.
Susanto, head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency said the plane lost contact in poor weather, with heavy rain, strong winds and fog, and search teams were trying to reach the crash site early Monday.
It is another blow to hit Indonesian aviation which is still reeling from two major plane crashes in the last few months, including an AirAsia jet carrying 162 which crashed into the Java Sea last December.
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