Indonesian plane disappears over Papua New Guinea

Contact has been lost with a Trigana Air plane carrying 54 people across a remote region of Papua New Guinea.

On board were 44 adults, five crew members and five children.

The National Search and Rescue Agency is coordinating search efforts.

The Indonesian aircraft was flying over a densely forested region between Jayapura and Oksibil, the capital of Papua province.

Air travel is commonly used as land travel is often impossible.
Blacklisted

According to the Aviation Safety Network’s online database, Trigana has had 14 serious incidents since beginning operations in 1991.

To date, ten of its aircraft have been written off.

Trigana has been blacklisted by the European Union since 2007. The EU can ban carriers from operating in European airspace if it has concerns about safety standards or about the regulatory environment in the airline’s country of origin.

SOURCE: euronews