Indonesian airliner with 54 people on board crashed

Indonesian airliner with 54 people including staff was crashed in the mountain area in the Oktabe district of Papua province of the country on Sunday. There were 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members on board. This plane belongs to the Trigana Air Services that was put in the black list by the European Union long back for failing to meet the safety norms.

The ill-fated flight left Sentani Airport in Jayapura at 2.22 pm (local time) and was scheduled to reach Oksinbil at 3.16 pm, but lost contacts with Air Traffic Control at 2.55 pm. Local people, who have seen the plane crashing into the mountain area, have reported to officials immediately. However, search and rescue teams couldn’t reach the location till today early morning due to bad weather conditions. Indonesia’s director general of transportation, Suprasetyo has confirmed the crash reports and said efforts for tracing out the missing passengers were on.

During last 12 months two flights of Trigana Air Services were crashed and this is third time yesterday in which all 54 people on board are expected to be killed. This ill-fated flight was 27 years old. Hence, it may lack the latest equipment on board that could detect and alert the pilots about bad weather conditions. As a result, all the 54 people on board might have lost their lives.