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Remains of pilot from Mimika plane crash to be transported to Jakarta

Markus Makur, The Jakarta Post, Mimika, Papua | Tue, 04/21/2009 9:36 AM
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A search and rescue team is moving the remains of a Myanmarese man who had piloted a small plane that crashed last week in a mountainous area in Mimika, Papua, to Timika from where they will be transferred to Jakarta.

The team said Tuesday that they were moving the remains of pilot Nay May Linn Aung and co-pilot Makmur of Indonesia using a plane from Illaga, where the remains of all the plane's passengers have been kept.

All passengers on board the flight were killed after the the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-6 Porter airplane crashed onto Mount Gergaji last Friday.

The plane was carrying nine passengers, as well as ballots from the recent general elections, to the remote village of Mulya when it crashed. (dre)

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