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By Allison Lampert and Allison Martell MONTREAL/TORONTO (Reuters) - Indonesia scored poorly on a 2014 safety audit by the United Nations' aviation agency largely because its Ministry of Transportation is understaffed, said two sources familiar with the matter, as the country struggles to cope with the rapid expansion of air travel. Indonesia's patchy aviation safety record worsened on Sunday when a passenger plane crashed in eastern Papua province with 54 people aboard, the third major plane crash this year in the Southeast Asian archipelago. The U.N.'s Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets safety standards for international flights.More...