Five people are dead, including a Dutch pilot, after a small plane crashed in a mountainous area in West Papua.
Coroner Ian Smith has highlighted a lack of regulation at small aerodromes in New Zealand. Photo: AFP
Sky News reports that the PC-6 Porter plane owned by PT Associated Mission Aviation lost contact with air-traffic control eight minutes after it took off from Wamena in the highlands.
The plane was carrying three passengers, a co-pilot and a pilot.
An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people board during a training exercise in the Papua region.
An Indonesian cargo plane had a serious technical malfunction while landing at an airport in West Papua yesterday.
A small plane has crashed in Papua ripping through several houses near a provincial airport in the highlands.
12 people have been killed in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea's Western Province.
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