An Indonesian twin turboprop plane carrying 54 people has been declared missing after it lost contact with ground control Sunday during a flight over the country’s province of Papua.
The domestic aircraft belonging to Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.
Trigana Air Service told ABC News that at this stage they can only confirm the loss of contact and do confirm difficult weather conditions in the area.
The journey from Papua’s provincial capital Jayapura to the Papua city of Oksibil was supposed to take 42 minutes.
A Transportation Ministry spokesman said the plane lost contact with Oksibil’s airport nine minutes before it was supposed to land.