Rescue Officials Yet to Get Debris Of Indonesian Airline Crash That Killed 54 People


So sad to know that searchers are still struggling with rugged, densely forested terrain and difficult weather in order to reach debris that's believed to be from an Indonesian airliner that crashed with 54 people on board.

The news filtered out yesterday evening that the plane lost contact with air traffic control and later on some villagers reported seeing the plane crash into a mountain.

According to CNN, this loss makes it the Southeast Asian nation's third air disaster in less than eight months. The flight was operated by Trigana Air Service, a carrier with a troubled safety track record that's banned from operating in Europe.

The plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members when it went missing just over half an hour into a short domestic flight between Jayapura and Oksibil.

Also, before Sunday's crash, the airline had been involved in 19 serious safety incidents since 1992, according to Flightglobal, a website that tracks the global aviation industry. 8 of the incidents resulted in the outright loss of the aircraft while the 11 others involved major damage.

There are also reports that Trigana is one of the airlines banned from operating in European airspace because they are found to be unsafe or not sufficiently overseen by their authorities.

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