Chopper carrying Australians disappears in Indonesia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it has been advised that two Australians were on board a helicopter that is believed to have crashed in Indonesia.
Search teams are looking for any trace of the helicopter, which disappeared over North Sulawesi province after taking off from the town of Manado.
A Foreign Affairs spokeswoman says the Australian Embassy in Jakarta is in contact with Newcrest Mining, which says two Australians are on the flight manifest.
Indonesia's search and rescue agency says the helicopter was carrying eight passengers and two crew.