Sutrisno, said Monday that the Dornier 328 turboprop airplane veered into a field Sunday shortly after touchdown. The plane, operated by Express Air, lost its landing gear and a propeller.
Sutrisno said investigators were heading to the airstrip in Boven Digul district, Papua.
Hundreds of people have died in a series of crashes in recent years, prompting the European Union to ban all Indonesian carriers from landing there.