US EditionIndonesian rescuers find a body and wreckage of plane in mountainous region
Rescuers found wreckage and a body in a 200-meter ravine on Mount Bulusaraung, focusing search efforts for 11 aboard amid poor weather and rugged terrain.
- On Sunday, Indonesian rescuers recovered a body in a ravine about 200 meters deep on Mount Bulusaraung while searching for 11 people, and Muhammad Arif Anwar said evacuation is underway.
- The ATR 42-500 vanished from radar Saturday shortly after air traffic control instructed it to correct its approach alignment en route from Yogyakarta, Java to Makassar, Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.
- A rescue team on an air force helicopter spotted a small aircraft window on Mount Bulusaraung Sunday, while ground search teams retrieved main fuselage and tail debris, engine, passenger seats, and frame parts as hikers reported debris, an Indonesia Air Transport logo, and small fires.
- Maj. Gen. Bangun Nawoko said more than 100 personnel, supported by Specialized Search and Rescue Units, faced strong winds, heavy rain and thick fog that forced cancellation of a planned vertical descent.
- It was carrying eight crew members and three passengers from the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry on an airborne maritime surveillance mission, amid Indonesia’s reliance on air transport across over 17,000 islands and recent years of transportation accidents.
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ATR 42-500 Aircraft Crash: Indonesian Rescuers Find Body Near Wreckage of Plane That Crashed With 11 Aboard | 🌎 LatestLY
The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 200 meters (656 feet) deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, near scattered ATR 42-500 aircraft debris, said Muhammad Arif Anwar, who heads Makassar’s Search and Rescue Office. 🌎 ATR 42-500 Aircraft Crash: Indonesian Rescuers Find Body Near Wreckage of Plane That Crashed With 11 Aboard.
Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body
Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board.
Indonesia Finds Wreckage of Missing Surveillance Plane, One Body
JAKARTA—Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region …
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