Posted on 08/16/2015 1:36:04 PM PDT by Jemian
An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia's remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, 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 immediate word on whether anyone survived.
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How terrible. I’m so sorry to hear it. I hope you did not know anyone on the flight. My sympathies to the families.
I probably didn’t know anyone. I hope not. I’ve lost three pilot friends in the last five years here.
Wow. That is a lot of loss. Is there anything that could be done to make it less treacherous?
Level the mountains and move it away from the equator. That combination gives uncertain weather patterns and swirling air currents.
Sky hooks.
The airline does have a reputation. I’m just happy you are ok.
I’ve never flown Trigana. I hate to admit it, but I don’t go interior very often at all. Maybe five times in the 20 years I’ve been here.
My prayers are with the families of the 54 people who died. Several students in one of the ministries here lost family members.
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