Indonesian plane with 54 people on board went missing in the area of the Indonesian province of Papua, which borders Papua – New Guinea, reports Reuters referring to the national search and rescue agency of Indonesia (BASARNAS).
«lost contact with aircraft “, – said the head of the agency BASARNAS Bambang Soelistio.
According to the official account BASARNAS on Twitter, the plane belongs to the Indonesian airline Trigana Air. On board were 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members. The plane took off from Sentani Airport, Jayapura city (capital of the state of Indonesia’s Papua province) and was heading to Oksibil the south of the region.
The representative of the Ministry of Transport of Indonesia said AFP, it is not known what could happen with a liner. According to him, the agency is in contact with local authorities. He added that the weather in the area of the disappearance of the ship is now “very bad, it’s dark and cloudy».
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