Search and rescue workers found Wednesday the bodies of all 15 people aboard a Twin Otter Merpati Nusantara Airlines plane which crashed in Papua on Sunday.
Merpati president director Bambang Bhakti said in Jayapura that the land rescue team and local residents had reached the site of the crash on the slope of Bintang Mountain, three nautical miles south of Abmisibil district at an altitude of 9,300 feet.
“All the passengers and crew have for sure died. We heard the report from our land search team,” Bhakti said, as quoted by state news agency Antara.
The victims will be evacuated when an air rescue team, which was prevented from reaching the site because of poor weather, can safely fly. Members of the air rescue team will be dropped at Abmisibil airstrip this evening and ascend the mountain to join the land rescue team and begin evacuating of the victims.
The aircraft went missing on Sunday on a flight from Sentani airport in Jayapura to Oksibil airport in the Bintang Mountain regency.
It was carrying 12 passengers, including two babies and three crew members.
Merpati president director Bambang Bhakti said in Jayapura that the land rescue team and local residents had reached the site of the crash on the slope of Bintang Mountain, three nautical miles south of Abmisibil district at an altitude of 9,300 feet.
“All the passengers and crew have for sure died. We heard the report from our land search team,” Bhakti said, as quoted by state news agency Antara.
The victims will be evacuated when an air rescue team, which was prevented from reaching the site because of poor weather, can safely fly. Members of the air rescue team will be dropped at Abmisibil airstrip this evening and ascend the mountain to join the land rescue team and begin evacuating of the victims.
The aircraft went missing on Sunday on a flight from Sentani airport in Jayapura to Oksibil airport in the Bintang Mountain regency.
It was carrying 12 passengers, including two babies and three crew members.
source:
The Jakarta Post
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