Another missing plane! Indonesian Aircraft Carrying 54 People Goes Missing

                                  

Another missing plane! Indonesian search and rescue agencies are hunting for a passenger plane that went missing in bad weather over the remote eastern region of Papua, with 54 people on board. The plane, flight number TGN267, failed to arrive at its destination of Oksibil after contact was lost with the plane, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS).

According to the agency's official Twitter account the domestic aircraft, belonging to the Indonesian Trigana Air Service, was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.

But the search efforts are being hindered by stormy weather over the mountainous and remote region, and have been suspended until the morning and have begun again.

The Trigana Air ATR 42-300 turboprop plane took off from Sentani airport in the region's capital Jayapura on a flight to Oksibil, located south of the city. Oksibil is a remote settlement in the mountains, which is only accessible by plane.