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View all search resultsEight people killed in helicopter crash in West Kalimantan
All eight on board were men and one was a Malaysian national, civil aviation director general Lukman F. Laisa said in a statement.
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A helicopter from the National Disaster Management Agency drops waterbombs to combat a wildfire in the peatlands of Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, on September 26, 2025. (AFP/Al Zulkifli)
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wo crew members and six passengers were killed when a private helicopter crashed in dense forest in Kalimantan, the Transportation Ministry said Friday.
The Airbus H130 helicopter, owned by local firm Matthew Air Nusantara, lost contact on Thursday morning five minutes after taking off from a plantation area in Melawi, West Kalimantan.
All eight on board were men and one was a Malaysian national, civil aviation director general Lukman F. Laisa said in a statement.
"The joint search and rescue team had successfully located the crash site of the aircraft and, based on information from the field, all passengers and crew members have been confirmed dead," he said.
Rescuers found the crash victims Thursday evening in a dense forest area with steep slopes, search and rescue agency head I Made Junetra told AFP Friday.
The bodies were being flown to the provincial capital of Pontianak, Made added.
Indonesia has a poor aviation safety record, with several fatal accidents in recent years.
A turboprop plane chartered by the fisheries ministry crashed into a mountain on the island of Sulawesi in January, killing all 10 people on board.
In September last year, a helicopter carrying six passengers and two crew members crashed in South Kalimantan province, killing all on board.
Four people were killed less than two weeks later when another helicopter crashed in the remote Papua district of Ilaga.
