Light plane crashes in Papua
Light plane crashes in Papua, killing 2 people
A light aircraft crashed Wednesday in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, killing its American pilot and a passenger.
Transportation ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said the U.S.-made Kodiak plane belongs to a private religious foundation, Advent, and was carrying seven people when it crashed while taking off from an airstrip.
The pilot, identified as US-citizen Robert Franklin, 63, and 34-year-old passenger Danis Kobak, were both killed
The five surviving passengers were taken to a nearby hospital, Ervan said.
The private airstrip is located 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Jayapura, the provincial capital
Associated Press, April 9th, 2014