An Indonesian plane with 54 people onboard was found crashed shortly after being reported missing.
The plane’s wreckage was found in the Oktabe district of Papua, according to NPR. The Associated Press reported that villagers saw the plane crash into a mountain. Indonesia’s director general of air transportation, Suprasetyo, stated that “details are still being verified.”
According to Suprasetyo, search and rescue teams will conduct ground and aerial searches on Monday to confirm the villagers’ reports of the crash.
The passenger flight left Jayapura at 2:22 p.m. and was scheduled to land in Oksibil at 3:16 p.m. Contact was lost around 2:55 p.m. with no indication of a distress call from the plane. CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said that there were thunderstorms over the mountains in the flight’s path.
Five crew members, 44 adult passengers and five children were on the plane. Two of the children were infants.
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