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Indonesian plane with 11 people vanishes in mountainous region and a search is underway
- The turboprop ATR 42-500 disappeared from radar on Saturday while approaching Makassar, and rescuers found wreckage on Mount Bulusaraung's slope on Sunday.
- Chartered for a fisheries surveillance mission, the flight carried ministry staff and was operated by Indonesia Air Transport using an ATR 42-500, authorities revised onboard counts from eight crew members.
- Andi Sultan said, `'Our helicopter crews have seen the debris of the plane's window at 7:46 a.m.' and 'And around 7:49 a.m., we discovered large parts of the aircraft, suspected to be the fuselage of the plane,' despite strong winds and heavy fog on Sunday.
- Authorities said on Sunday Muhammad Arif Anwar called the wreckage discovery a "crucial clue" narrowing the search zone, with one recovered body and other passengers with unknown status.
- In recent years, Indonesia relies on air transport and ferries across over 17,000 islands, and this crash follows the 2015 Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 crash that killed 54 people.
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