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Bad weather prevents evacuation of plane crash site
A soldier recovering the "black box" flight data recorder from the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 aircraft crash site in the mountainous area of Oksibil on Tuesday
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A soldier recovering the "black box" flight data recorder from the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 aircraft crash site in the mountainous area of Oksibil on Tuesday. (AFP/Indonesian Army Cendrawasih Military Command) (AFP/Indonesian Army Cendrawasih Military Command)
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span class="inline inline-center">A soldier recovering the "black box" flight data recorder from the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 aircraft crash site in the mountainous area of Oksibil on Tuesday. (AFP/Indonesian Army Cendrawasih Military Command)
Efforts to recover the 54 bodies of plane crash victims in Papua have been delayed because of thick cloud covering the location.
'Thick cloud is still filling the sky of Oksibil and surrounding areas. We have not yet moved to the location,' Jayapura Airport commander Air Force Col. I Made Susila Adyana told Antara in Jayawijaya on Wednesday.
A Trigana Air plane carrying 54 people and Rp 6.5 billion (US$470,000) in cash crashed on a mountain slope near Oksibil when the ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop plane was en route from Jayapura to Oksibil, a remote settlement in the mountains south of Jayapura.
The plane crash is the latest in a series of incidents in Papua. On Aug. 12, a plane operated by Komala Air crashed on the runway of Ninia Airport in Papua, killing the plane's technician, Eka Wijaya Sumanta, and injuring the pilot and five passengers.
Meanwhile, Pegunungan Bintang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Yunus Wally said that members of the search and rescue (SAR) team and two helicopters were ready to carry out the evacuation as soon as the weather had improved. (BBN)
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