All 10 Victims Bodies Recovered After Indonesian Surveillance Plane Crash

Indonesian search and rescue teams have recovered the bodies of all ten people aboard a fisheries surveillance plane that crashed last weekend in South Sulawesi province, authorities confirmed on Frida

The ATR 42-500 turboprop, operated by Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) and chartered by the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday afternoon near the Maros regio

The aircraft was carrying seven crew members and three ministry staff on an aerial fisheries patrol mission. Its wreckage was later discovered scattered across difficult terrain on Mount Bulusaraung, approximately 1,500 kilometers northeast of Jakart

“Andi Sultan, an official with the local rescue agency, provided the grim update in an emotional video statement, confirming the ninth and tenth victims were found early Friday. The evacuation process remains ongoing,” he said

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) has launched an investigation and is currently examining the aircraft’s recovered black box to determine the cause of the cras

This incident marks Indonesia’s first fatal crash involving an ATR 42 model in over a decade. A similar aircraft, an ATR 42-300, crashed in Papua in 2015, killing all 54 people on board.,h.d.a.n.y.26ople on board.