TL:DR – Debris Discovered After Plane with 11 Passengers Goes Missing in Indonesian Mountains
- Rescue teams have recovered wreckage of a plane that disappeared in Indonesia’s mountains with 11 aboard.
- The Indonesia Air Transport aircraft, an ATR 42-500, vanished from radar while approaching Makassar.
- Debris, including parts of the fuselage and tail, was found on Mount Bulusaraung.
- Over 1,000 personnel are involved in the challenging search amid adverse weather.
- Indonesia faces ongoing air safety concerns, with multiple accidents reported recently.
Debris found after plane carrying 11 people goes missing in mountains of Indonesia | News World
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Rescue teams have recovered wreckage from a plane that disappeared in a cloudy mountain range in Indonesia with 11 people on board.
The aircraft, operated by Indonesia Air Transport, is believed to have crashed as it approached mountains on Sulawesi island on Saturday.
The turboprop ATR 42-500 vanished from radar at 1.17pm (6.17am in the UK) after being instructed by air traffic control to correct its alignment before a scheduled landing in the province’s capital Makassar.
The plane was carrying eight crew members and three passengers as part of a maritime surveillance mission.
Members of its rescue team conduct a searching operation amid debris of an airplane around Mount Bulusaraung, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia (Picture: AP)
A rescue helicopter trying to locate the wreckage site on Sunday morning first spotted a small aircraft window in a forested area on Mount Bulusaraung.
Search teams on the ground then came across larger debris scattered on a steep northern slope.
These crash remains were consistent with the main fuselage and tail, according to Makassar’s Search and Rescue Office head, Muhammad Arif Anwar.
He told a news conference: ‘The discovery of the aircraft’s main sections significantly narrows the search zone and offers a crucial clue for tightening the search area.
‘Our joint search and rescue teams are now focusing on searching for the victims, especially those who might still be alive.’
Ground and air rescue teams, which total more than 1,000 people, are battling heavy fog, winds, and rugged terrain to reach the wreckage site on Sunday.
Members of the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency look out from a helicopter searching for the turboprop ATR 42-500 (Picture: AP)
Photos and videos released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed rescuers trekking along a steep, narrow mountain ridgeline covered in thick fog to the crash site.
Indonesia relies heavily on air transport and ferries to connect its over 17,000 islands.
The Southeast Asian country has experienced several fatal accidents in recent years and has a poor record on air safety.
In September, six passengers and two crew members were killed when a helicopter crashed soon after takeoff in South Kalimantan province.
Less than two weeks later, four people died in another helicopter crash in the Papua province.
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