- Title: Indonesia search for 12 missing passengers a day after flight lost contact
- Date: 4th December 2016
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 4, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF INDONESIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY CHIEF, BAMBANG SOELISTYO, SITTING WITH THE OTHER OFFICIALS IN A NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) CHIEF OF INDONESIAN NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY, BAMBANG SOELISTYO SAYING: "The total passengers in the flight was 13. There was some confusion yesterday, could be 15 or 16 people. But those were numbers assumed based on the original manifest before we'd found out a few personnel had alighted at Pangkal Pinang. So I can confirm at this stage there were 13 (people)." VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED MAP SHOWING WHERE PARTS OF WRECKAGE WAS FOUND (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) CHIEF OF INDONESIAN NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY, BAMBANG SOELISTYO SAYING: "The search is ongoing at sea and in the air. There are 15 ships involved in the search."
- Embargoed: 19th December 2016 06:00
- Keywords: Indonesia airplane missing victim search operation newser
- Location: JAKARTA, RIAU ISLANDS PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA, RIAU ISLANDS PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Reuters ID: LVA0015BGW75X
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Indonesia launched sea and air search to locate 12 missing people on Sunday (December 4) after a twin-engine police plane crashed the previous day (December 3).
The flight was en route to the island of Batam, south of Singapore from Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka. It is thought to have crashed between the islands of Mensanak and Sebangka or Gentar, a police report seen by Reuters said.
A search team recovered items apparently identified as being from the missing aircraft, including seats, luggage and documents, the report said.
Remain of one of the 13 passengers was found overnight and was sent to a hospital on Batam island, Search and Rescue Agency said.
There was a brief confusion with the manifest with police reported 15 people were on board and search and rescue agency put the number at 16.
"The total passengers in the flight was 13. There was some confusion yesterday, could be 15 or 16 people. But those were numbers assumed based on the original manifest before we'd found out a few personnel had alighted at Pangkal Pinang. So I can confirm at this stage there were 13 (people)," said National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang Soelistyo in a news conference in Jakarta.
Up to 15 vessels were deployed to scour the area, Soelistyo added.
According to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the last known radar position of the aircraft was about 40 nautical miles southeast of Tanjung Pinang. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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