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First victim found, 12 remain missing in police plane crash
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Urgent mission: Personnel from the National Police's water police unit (Polair) carry search and rescue (SAR) gear at Telaga Punggur Port in Batam, Riau Islands, on Saturday to support a joint mission to locate victims of a police plane crash in Senayang waters, Lingga regency, Riau Islands. (Antara/M N Kanwa)
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joint search and rescue (SAR) team has found the body of a passenger from a police plane that crashed into the sea near Senayang, Lingga regency, Riau Islands, on Saturday.
Riau Islands Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Saptono Erlangga said the body was found in an “incomplete state”.
“We have found the first victim,” he said on Sunday.
The M-28 Skytruck airplane, which carried 13 passengers, had departed from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Island, for Batam, Riau Islands, before it crashed at about 10 a.m.
Lingga regency is located north of Batam and can be reached in four hours by ferry.
A SAR team involving personnel from various institutions, including the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) and the Indonesian Navy, has been deployed to locate the passengers of the ill-fated plane with support from 16 ships, two helicopters and a plane. (hwa)
