Helicopter pilot kidnapped PNG
http://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...nea-2024-02-26Australian pilot, two passengers released from brief kidnap in Papua New Guinea
By Lewis Jackson
February 26, 20243:08 AM CSTUpdated 8 hours ago
SYDNEY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - An Australian helicopter pilot and two local workers were released unharmed in Papua New Guinea on Monday within hours of being kidnapped at gunpoint in the remote highlands, police said, following negotiations with security forces.
The three had landed at a remote telecoms site near Mount Sisa in the province of Hela when an armed group took them away, David Manning, the police commissioner of Papua New Guinea, said in a statement.