All 96 crew and passengers aboard a Merpati Boeing 737-300 airplane survived after the plane skidded off the runway, breaking in half, at Rendani Airport, Manokwari, West Papua, during a bad weather on Tuesday.
Manokwari Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Ricky told Antara news agency that a number of injured passengers have been taken to hospital, without giving exact number of victims.
The passengers include 76 men, 21 women, three children and three babies
He said that the weather was rainy and foggy when the plane, arriving from Sorong, skidded. The aircraft broke-up after the accident.
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