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Added on the 17/08/2015 05:01:10 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
An Indonesian plane with 54 people on board that went missing on Sunday was found to have crashed in a mountainous region in Ok Bape district of Papua province. No survivors have yet been reported.The Trigana airlines plane took off from Jayapura at 2:22 p.m. and was scheduled to land in Oksibil at 3:16 p.m.. The aircraft was carrying five crew and 49 passengers, including five children, an Indonesian government official said to Reuters.
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