Showster Twincharged August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-aircraft-with-54-people-on-board-missing-in-papua-region-state-search-agency ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showster Twincharged August 16, 2015 Author Share August 16, 2015 Update: http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-aircraft-with-54-people-on-board-missing-in-papua-region-state-search-agency Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 What if found together with MH370? Not funny.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuan 6th Gear August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 Hope the search continues and nothing bad happens. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showster Twincharged August 16, 2015 Author Share August 16, 2015 Indonesia plane with 54 on board found crashed in remote region The Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft with 54 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday.PHOTO: EPA JAKARTA (REUTERS) - An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia's remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the South-east Asian nation. "The latest information is that the Trigana aircraft that lost contact has been found at Camp 3, Ok Bape district in the Bintang Mountains regency," Air Transportation Director General Suprasetyo told reporters. "Residents provided information that the aircraft crashed into Tangok mountain." There was no immediate word on whether anyone survived. Earlier, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said a twin-turboprop plane had lost contact with air traffic control as it flew over the forested area of eastern Indonesia but efforts to trace it were difficult because of failing light. Trigana Air Operations Director Beni Sumaryanto said that within 30 minutes of hearing that the aircraft was missing, the airline sent another plane to scour the same flight path but it had found nothing because of bad weather, local media reported. According to the official BASARNAS Twitter account, the aircraft, a short-haul ATR 42-300 airliner belonging to Trigana Air Service and built in France and Italy, was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants. The plane was flying between Jayapura's Sentani Airport and Oksibil, due south of Jayapura, the capital of Papua province. Air transport is commonly used in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, where land travel is often impossible. According to the Aviation Safety Network, an online database, the ATR 42-300 that went missing made its first flight 27 years ago. ATR is a joint venture between Airbus and Alenia Aermacchi, a subsidiary of Italian aerospace firm Finmeccanica. The airline has been on the EU's list of banned carriers since 2007. Airlines on the list are barred from operating in European airspace due to either concerns about safety standards or the regulatory environment in their country of registration. The airline has a fleet of 14 aircraft, according to the airfleets.com database. These include 10 ATR aircraft and four Boeing 737 Classics. These have an average age of 26.6 years, according to the database. Trigana has had 14 serious incidents since it began operations in 1991, according to the Aviation Safety Network. Excluding this latest incident, it has written off 10 aircraft. Airline officials were not immediately available to respond to enquiries from Reuters. Indonesia has a patchy aviation safety record and has seen two major plane crashes in the past year, including an AirAsia flight that went down in the Java Sea, killing all on board. The AirAsia crash prompted the Indonesian government to introduce regulations aimed at improving safety. Indonesia's president promised a review of the ageing air force fleet in July after a military transport plane crashed in the north of the country, killing more than 100 people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porche 5th Gear August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 Not funny.. Ya we r talking about human lives, what if there is ppl u know on that flight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrysfa Turbocharged August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 There is a mountain range in flight path from Sentani to Oksibil. The region is very remote and the mountains can be 10.000 ft. high. Mny have commented these Indon planes should be better equipped with identification aids ..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showster Twincharged August 17, 2015 Author Share August 17, 2015 (edited) Transport of 650K cash that blew up... JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian passenger plane that crashed at the weekend in Papua was transporting about 6.5 billion rupiah (S$650,000) in cash to distribute to poor families in the eastern province, a post office official said on Monday. "Four of our personnel were escorting the funds," said Haryono, the head of Jayapura post office, who goes by one name. The money was in four bags, he added. Rescuers on Monday headed to the site in remote eastern Indonesia where debris has been spotted after a Trigana Air plane crashed with 54 people aboard at the weekend, the latest accident to hit the country's aviation sector. The plane lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday afternoon during a short flight in bad weather from Jayapura, capital of Papua province. The ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew on the flight which was scheduled to take about 45 minutes. But the plane disappeared about 10 minutes before reaching its destination Oksibil, a remote settlement in the mountains south of Jayapura, shortly after it asked permission to start descending to land. Edited August 17, 2015 by Seohster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 Transport of 650K cash that blew up... JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian passenger plane that crashed at the weekend in Papua was transporting about 6.5 billion rupiah (S$650,000) in cash to distribute to poor families in the eastern province, a post office official said on Monday. "Four of our personnel were escorting the funds," said Haryono, the head of Jayapura post office, who goes by one name. The money was in four bags, he added. Rescuers on Monday headed to the site in remote eastern Indonesia where debris has been spotted after a Trigana Air plane crashed with 54 people aboard at the weekend, the latest accident to hit the country's aviation sector. The plane lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday afternoon during a short flight in bad weather from Jayapura, capital of Papua province. The ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew on the flight which was scheduled to take about 45 minutes. But the plane disappeared about 10 minutes before reaching its destination Oksibil, a remote settlement in the mountains south of Jayapura, shortly after it asked permission to start descending to land. Hmmmm........... 6.5 billion rupiah in 4 bags .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didu Supercharged August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 Another ATR crash to add to the list http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/atr.htm ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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