Plane with 54 aboard crashes in Indonesia

An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua yesterday, a government official said.

It is the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the southeast 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 word on whether anyone survived.