Yes childhood memories grew up in png and we left in 75 before independence. Haven’t been back yet !
The company I work for (not aviation related) recently picked up a project at Porgera. It was my boss who came out on the 9th. He regaled us with his tale of the bus trip from Porgera to Mt Hagen but failed to mention the damaged Twin Otter until I saw it mentioned here. He still hasn’t replied to my email asking him why he failed to mention it…
I was hoping to get some more information on the incident but it seems not. Never mind I had sort of made up my mind I wasn’t going anyway. Due more to the food / accommodation / nightlife
than real concerns about aviation safety. Some of my colleagues asked me for my opinion a while ago and I told them not to worry too much. "They only hire experienced pilots and use modern high performance aircraft that are well maintained, they have GPS now etc etc" And then something like this happens
