A airplane with 48 individuals aboard skidded off the runway in Indonesia’s distant jap area of Papua on Monday, police mentioned, injuring a number of passengers.
The Southeast Asian archipelago has a poor aviation security document, and Papua is roofed in mountainous terrain the place flying is hampered by frequent poor climate.
The ATR-42 plane belonging to Trigana Air was taking off from an airport within the distant Yapen Islands regency to Papuan capital Jayapura on Monday morning when it skidded off the runway.
The flight was carrying 42 passengers, together with a child, and 6 crew.
“Reward God everyone survived and has been taken to a hospital for a well being checkup,” native police chief Ardyan Ukie Hercahyo mentioned in a press release.
“We’re investigating the incident and coordinating with associated events to make sure it will by no means occur once more.”
The native search and rescue company mentioned in a press release that some passengers had been injured and traumatised by the incident.
Indonesia depends closely on air transport to attach its 1000’s of islands, however Papua is a very troublesome space to achieve.
In 2015, a Trigana Air airplane crashed there, killing all 54 individuals on board.
AFP
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