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View all search resultsRescuers in South Kalimantan find body near missing helicopter crash site
The helicopter was carrying two crew members and six passengers when it lost contact shortly after takeoff on Monday.
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Precious asset: A forest area near Mount Meratus in South Kalimantan is seen from Hinas Kanan village on Nov. 25. The local forestry authorities have admitted to losing 30,000 hectares of forest to mining and plantation industries in the last three years. (Antara/Bayu Pratama S)
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escuers found the charred remains of a helicopter that went missing in South Kalimantan while carrying eight people on board and retrieved one body, a rescue official said.
The helicopter was carrying two crew members and six passengers when it lost contact shortly after takeoff on Monday.
"The land team... managed to find the debris of the helicopter," the National Search and Rescue Agency's operational director, Yudhi Bramantyo, told a news conference late Wednesday.
"The team found one victim around 100 metres (328 feet) from the helicopter," he said.
"Based on our initial observation, there were other victims inside the helicopter, but we could not confirm the number due to the weather," Yudhi added.
The helicopter was missing in the area of Mantewe in South Kalimantan province.
The helicopter was badly burned and rescuers need to dismantle it to retrieve the rest of the victims.
Indonesia relies heavily on air transport to connect its thousands of islands, but has a poor aviation safety record and has suffered several fatal crashes in recent years.
Kalimantan has one of the world's biggest stretches of rainforest.
