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Old 31st Oct 2016, 08:49
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Two crashes off Timika (Papua)

A DHC-4 Turbo Caribou PK-SWW left the town of Timika last night with 4 persons on board, but lost contact less than half an hour later. Local media report that an ELT signal was received; However, thick fog is preventing SAR teams from confirming the crash location. The Caribou is owned by a local authority but operated by a third party company. It's unclear who the operator is (either Trigana or Alfa Trans).

Cargo plane carrying 4 missing in Papua

And separately an AS 350 B2 helicopter carrying food and building materials took of from Timika at at 9 a.m. local time before crashing on its second flight of the day:

Helicopter carrying food crashed in Nduga, Papua - National - The Jakarta Post
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