Indonesian Plane Goes Missing Few Minutes to Landing

An Indonesian flight carrying fifty four passengers and crew members has gone missing. The plane, the plane that has been in existence for twenty seven years, lost contact with the air  traffic management authority in Papua at about 2:55pm.

The Trigana Air Service flight carrying forty four adult passengers, 5 kids and 5 crew members, left Sentani field at 2:22 p.m. and was meant to land at Oksibil airport at about 3:05 pm however disappeared ten minutes before it was meant to land.  Indonesia Transport ministry said no distress signal was made from the plane.

Search and rescue have begun although it's since been impeeded as a result of bad climate.Operations to recover the plane, believed that might have crashed within the steep mountains would hopefully continue tomorrow.






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