Twenty-five people died Saturday after a regional transport aircraft crashed into the sea from Indonesia, Papua Province, authorities have announced. The device, type MA-60 Chinese manufacturing, "fell into the sea about 500 meters from the runway while landing stage was" Kaimana airport in a small town in West Papua, an official said ministerial , Bambang Ervan.
Merpati Nusantara Indonesian aircraft company has "exploded"and disintegrated when the water reached, said Gunawan, a Navy officer in Papua.
"All passengers have died" and "15 bodies were recovered from the water. " The others are probably in the wreckage of the aircraft, according to him.
"Weather conditions were bad with low visibility, when the accident occurred, " Ervan said.
Indonesia is heavily dependent on air routes to link between its 6,000 inhabited islands, some of which are covered by mountains and forests.
Due to a high number of accidents, the European Union in July 2007 placed on the black list to all 51 Indonesian airlines, banning them to land their planes in the 27 EU countries. Some of them have since been withdrawn from the list, following an improvement in security conditions.
"All passengers have died" and "15 bodies were recovered from the water. " The others are probably in the wreckage of the aircraft, according to him.
"Weather conditions were bad with low visibility, when the accident occurred, " Ervan said.
Indonesia is heavily dependent on air routes to link between its 6,000 inhabited islands, some of which are covered by mountains and forests.
Due to a high number of accidents, the European Union in July 2007 placed on the black list to all 51 Indonesian airlines, banning them to land their planes in the 27 EU countries. Some of them have since been withdrawn from the list, following an improvement in security conditions.
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