Contact Lost With Indonesian Plane Carrying 54

An Indonesian passenger plane with 54 people aboard is missing in the country's easternmost province of Papua. Trigana Air Flight 267 lost contact with air traffic control Sunday about 30 minutes after takeoff from Sentani airport in Papua's capital, Jayapura. The plane was on what is normally a 50-minute flight to the city of Oksibil. Aviation officials say 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members were on the turboprop plane. Search efforts were called off...

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