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Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region

posted by takyon on Sunday August 16 2015, @09:35AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Reuters reports:

An Indonesian domestic passenger aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said. "Lost contact with plane," BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelystyo told Reuters by phone.

According to the official BASARNAS Twitter account, the aircraft belonging to Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.

[...] An AirAsia passenger jet crashed en route from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore last December, killing all 162 people on board. The crash prompted the government to introduce regulations aimed at improving safety.

BBC.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by mendax on Sunday August 16 2015, @06:35PM

    by mendax (2840) on Sunday August 16 2015, @06:35PM (#223582)

    It should be noted that this is the same airline that lost another airliner this year. While the investigation is not complete, it's fairly clear that the pilots of that flight screwed up. It wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happened again.

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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday August 16 2015, @07:25PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday August 16 2015, @07:25PM (#223593)

    It should be noted that this is the same airline that lost another airliner this year. While the investigation is not complete, it's fairly clear that the pilots of that flight screwed up. It wouldn't surprise me if the same thing happened again.

    I would not be surprised to find out the airline has been cutting maintenance and/or pilot training costs to increase profits.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by isostatic on Monday August 17 2015, @01:16AM

    by isostatic (365) on Monday August 17 2015, @01:16AM (#223701) Journal

    This wasn't airasia, it was Trigana Air Service on a ropey ATR, and is on the EU blacklist.