Search still on for missing plane

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Search and rescue workers embarked on a massive operation yesterday to relocate a light aircraft with three people on board which went missing in Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, on Sunday.

They have mobilized three planes and two helicopters, sweeping the jungle of Oksibil subdistrict where the Navayu plane is believed to have gone down.

Radio contact between the pilot and air traffic control was cut off ten minutes after the plane took off from the Sentani airport at 6.30 a.m. The aircraft was to conduct an aerial survey in Oksibil, Antara reported.

Chief of the Irian Jaya office of transportation, Martono, has called on pilots flying in Oksibil to help locate the wreckage. (pan)