INDONESIA-PLANE/AIRLINE Indonesian plane with 54 people on board missing in remote Papua

Record ID: 143792

  • Title: INDONESIA-PLANE/AIRLINE Indonesian plane with 54 people on board missing in remote Papua
  • Date: 16th August 2015
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (AUGUST 16, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF TRIGANA AIR TWO TRIGANA AIR STEWARDESSES TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) AIR STEWARDESS OF TRIGANA AIR, ELNA MAISELA SAYING: "I also don't know any confirmed information, what I know now that we can only hope that the flight is still there and the people on board survive." LO
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2SJFZ604HE5DFC2GKL4R8SANN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday (August 16) in the remote, forested eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said.
    As night fell at the headquarters of Trigana Air, which BASARNAS said owned the airliner, one of their employees spoke to reporters.
    "I also don't know any confirmed information, what I know now that we can only hope that the flight is still there and the people on board survive," said Elna Maisela, an air stewardess of Trigana Air, said.
    The aircraft, a short-haul ATR 42-300 airliner and built in France and Italy, was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.
    It was flying between Jayapura's Sentani Airport and Oksibil, due south of Jayapura, the capital of Papua province.
    Air transport is commonly used in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, where land travel is often impossible.
    It was not immediately clear if search efforts would continue into the night in the densely forested mountainous region where the aircraft was travelling.
    Trigana has been on the EU blacklist of banned carriers since 2007. Airlines on the list are barred from operating in European airspace due to either concerns about its safety standards, or concerns about the regulatory environment in its country of registration.
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