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| Indonesian plane missing over Papua region | Indonesian plane missing over Papua region |
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| An Indonesian plane with 54 people on board is missing in Papua region, officials have said. | An Indonesian plane with 54 people on board is missing in Papua region, officials have said. |
| Contact was lost with the Trigana Air ATR 42 turboprop just before 15:00 local time (06:00 GMT) after take-off from Sentani airport in the regional capital Jayapura. | Contact was lost with the Trigana Air ATR 42 turboprop just before 15:00 local time (06:00 GMT) after take-off from Sentani airport in the regional capital Jayapura. |
| The plane was en route to the town of Oksibil in the south of the region. | The plane was en route to the town of Oksibil in the south of the region. |
| It is carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and infants, and five crew. | It is carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and infants, and five crew. |
| The plane took off from Sentani at 14:21 and contact was lost at 14:55. | |
| Transport ministry spokesman Julius Barata confirmed the disappearance. | |
| "We are not sure what happened to the plane yet and we are co-ordinating with local authorities," he told AFP news agency. | |
| "The weather is currently very bad there, it's very dark and cloudy. It's not conducive for a search. The area is mountainous." | |
| Correspondents say Indonesia has a patchy aviation record, with two major crashes in the last year. | |
| An Indonesia AirAsia plane crashed in the Java Sea last December while on an international flight from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 192 people on board. | |
| A military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan, Sumatra in July, killing more than 140 people including several on the ground. |