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View all search resultsTransportation ministry says crashed surveillance plane airworthy
The Transportation Ministry said on Monday a fisheries surveillance airplane that lost contact mid-flight in South Sulawesi was airworthy before it crashed into a slope of Mount Bulusaraung, killing two persons and leaving the other eight on board missing.
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A search and rescue official carries the wreckage of a turboprop aircraft operated by charter airline PT Indonesia Air Transport, a day after it crashed while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar, on Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi on Jan. 18, 2026. (AFP/Muchtamir Zaide)
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he Transportation Ministry said on Monday a fisheries surveillance airplane that lost contact mid-flight in South Sulawesi was airworthy before it crashed into the side of Mount Bulusaraung, killing two persons and leaving the other eight on board missing.
The ministry’s civil aviation director general Lukman F. Laisa said the ATR 42-500 turboprop plane had passed multiple inspections and regular maintenance checks.
The latest inspection was conducted by the ministry at Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Nov. 19 of last year. Two months before, the plane was granted a new certificate of airworthiness.
The airplane was operated by charter airline PT Indonesia Air Transport and chartered by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to conduct air surveillance of fisheries.
The charter airline, the ministry said, also conducted its own inspection on Dec. 25, which recorded some 24,900 flight hours from the aircraft.
“Those records show that the aircraft had undergone routine inspections and regular airworthiness monitoring in accordance with the prevailing regulations,” Lukman said in a statement on Monday.
He added that all seven crew members on board were deemed fit and had medical certificates valid until this year.
