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| Indonesia passenger plane wreckage found in remote Papua | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 16 Aug 2015, 10:23 PM (32 Views) | |
| skibboy | 16 Aug 2015, 10:23 PM Post #1 |
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Indonesia passenger plane wreckage found in remote Papua 6 hours ago ![]() The missing plane, pictured in 2010 The wreckage of an Indonesian plane carrying 54 people has been found in the remote western Papua region, officials say. The Trigana Air flight lost contact with ground control at 14:55 local time (05:55 GMT) as it flew from the capital Jayapura to the town of Oksibil. Indonesia's transport minister said the aircraft had been found in the Bintang highlands region, not far from its intended landing site at Oksibil airport. It is not yet known if anyone survived. The wreckage was discovered by villagers, who then alerted officials. "Residents provided information that the aircraft crashed into Tangok mountain," said the country's director-general of air transportation, Suprasetyo. The ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and infants, and five crew. Mountainous It took off from Sentani airport in Jayapura at 14:21, but lost contact with air traffic controllers half an hour later. An official search was suspended due to poor light. ![]() Family members have been waiting for news of their loved ones Oksibil, which is about 280km (175 miles) south of Jayapura, is a remote, mountainous region, which is extremely difficult to navigate. Bad weather is believed to have been a possible reason for the crash. A second plane, which had been sent to look for the missing one, was forced to turn back because of dangerous flying conditions. Trigana Air has had 14 serious incidents since it began operations in 1991, losing 10 aircraft in the process, according to the Aviation Safety Network. It has been on a European Union blacklist of banned carriers since 2007. All but four of Indonesia's certified airlines are on the list. Indonesia has suffered two major air disasters in the past year. Last December an AirAsia plane crashed in the Java Sea, killing all 192 people on board - and in July a military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan, Sumatra claiming 140 lives. ![]() Source:
Edited by skibboy, 16 Aug 2015, 10:24 PM.
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| skibboy | 18 Aug 2015, 11:57 PM Post #2 |
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'No survivors' at Indonesia plane crash site![]() © Indrayadi Thamrin, AFP | Relatives of passengers of the fated Trigana Air flight grieve at Jayapura airport on August 17, 2015 2015-08-18 The bodies of all 54 people who were on board a plane that crashed in remote eastern Indonesia at the weekend were found Tuesday at the crash site, an official said. Earlier, rescuers reached the site in Papua province where fated Trigana Air flight went down and found the aircraft "completely destroyed", a search and rescue official said. Officials initially announced they had identified 38 of the 54 bodies, then increased the death toll as rescuers discovered more remains in the dense forests of the mountainous area. "There are no survivors. All fifty-four bodies have been found," transport ministry spokesman J.A. Barata told AFP. "Everything was in pieces and part of the plane is burnt. We could see burn marks on some pieces," another official told reporters. Rescuers were also hunting for the plane's flight data recorders, known as black boxes, which should shed light on what caused the accident. The plane operated by Indonesian carrier Trigana Air lost contact Sunday as it flew in bad weather from Jayapura, the capital of Papua, to Oksibil, a remote settlement in the south. The ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop aircraft was also carrying 6.5 billion rupiah ($470,000) in cash, which were social assistance funds intended for distribution to poor families. Source:
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