Published December 03, 2015
An official says an Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people has lost contact over the country's easternmost province of Papua.
Transportation Ministry spokesman Julius Barata says a plane belonging to Trigana Air Service lost contact Sunday afternoon while flying from Papua's provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil.
He says the ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane was carrying 49 passengers and five crew members.
He says the plane lost contact 33 minutes after taking off.
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