The missing plane, pictured in 2010 The leader of the rescue operation team, Soelistyo said smoke was
still billowing from the wreckage when it was spotted by a plane search.
The wreckage of the Indonesian
twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people, which lost contact with air
traffic control on Sunday in the remote, forested eastern Papua region,
has been found.
According to Yahoo News, "Officials
said the wreckage was spotted about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from
Oksibil, and Henry Bambang Soelistyo, the chief of the National Search
and Rescue Agency, said search and rescue teams were preparing to try to
reach the crash site by air and foot."
The leader of the rescue operation team, Soelistyo said "Smoke was still billowing from the wreckage when it was spotted by a plane search."
He also added that "bad
weather and rugged terrain were hampering efforts to reach the wreckage
located in a mountainous area at an altitude of 2,600 meters (about
8,500 feet)."
The President of Indonesia, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called "for a moment of silence and pray for the crew and passengers ahead of our independence anniversary."
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