Chartered plane crashes in Kalimantan mountain<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Search and Rescue (SAR) workers struggled
\nyesterday to locate 10 people whose small chartered airplane
\ncrashed into a mountain in West Kalimantan in adverse weather on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
The authorities have spotted the two-engine Britten Norman
\nplane on Mt. Saran about 500 kilometers east of Pontianak, West
\nKalimantan's capital.<\/p>\n
The 10 people aboard the aircraft, including its pilot and an
\ninfant, have not yet been found and it is not known whether any
\nsurvived the crash, said Marsudi, a staff member of the SAR team
\nin West Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
The aircraft, owned by PT Dirgantara Air Service, was flying
\nfrom Pontianak to Nanga Pinoh, a district town to the east. It
\ncrashed about 30 miles before reaching its destination, said
\nBambang S.A., the airline's operations systems manager.<\/p>\n
Bambang attributed the crash to bad weather. He said the
\nBritish-Canadian produced BN-2A aircraft was in good condition.<\/p>\n
Marsudi told The Jakarta Post that adverse conditions made it
\ndifficult for the SAR team to reach the crash site yesterday.<\/p>\n
The team, using a Puma helicopter and a small CN 235 aircraft,
\nmanaged to get close to the crash site but was unable to reach
\nthe plane because of the rough terrain and unfavorable weather
\nconditions.<\/p>\n
Salam Susanto, spokesman of the Ministry of Transportation,
\ntold the Antara news agency that the wreckage was first spotted
\nby the Mission Aviation Fellowship.<\/p>\n
Marsudi said the passenger plane lost contact with the control
\ntower approximately 90 minutes after it departed from Pontianak.
\nAn alarm was sounded when the plane was reported 18 minutes
\nbehind schedule in Nanga Pinoh. (prs)<\/p>",
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