Sunday 16 August 2015

BREAKING NEWS: Indonesian plane carrying 54 people missing in Papua region

Indonesian search and rescue agencies are hunting for a passenger plane that went missing over the remote eastern region of Papua, with 54 people on board.

The Trigana Air ATR 42-300 turboprop plane failed to arrive at its destination of Oksibil as scheduled after contact was lost with the plane, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS).

According to the agency's official Twitter account, the domestic aircraft belonging to Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.

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