An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people is thought to have crashed after losing contact with air traffic control in the country’s remote eastern Papua region.The plane was flying between Jayapura’s Sentani airport and Oksibil, the capital of Papua province. The twin turboprop lost contact with the airport nine minutes before it was scheduled to land.
The Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members. Aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman said there were several indications the missing Trigana flight had crashed, including the amount of fuel the plane was carrying. He said the plane would have run out of fuel by 5.51p.m Papuan time. “If it has not landed somewhere now, it has crashed somewhere, that’s for sure,”