Indonesian plane missing with 54 aboard

An Indonesian aero plane with 54 people on board is missing in Papua region, officials have said. Contact was lost with the Trigana Air ATR 42 turboprop aircraft just before 15:00 local time (06:00 GMT) after take-off from Sentani airport in the regional capital Jayapura. The plane was en route to the town of Oksibil in the south of the region. It was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and infants, and five crew when it lost contact with control tower, according to BBC.

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