Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region




 
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Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region
 
August 16th, 2015  
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Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia's remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the Southeast Asian nation. "The latest information is that the Trigana aircraft that lost contact has been found at Camp 3, Ok Bape district in the Bintang Mountains regency," Air Transportation Director General Suprasetyo told reporters. "Residents provided information that the aircraft crashed into Tangok mountain." There was no immediate word on whether anyone survived.




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