Rescuers find missing plane with all 5 on board killed

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Five people aboard a plane in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua were killed when it crashed in a remote area, rescuers said Thursday.

The Pilatus Porter PC-6 from PT Associated Mission Aviation went missing on a short flight Wednesday from Wamena, the capital of the mountainous district of Jayawijaya, to Darakma in neighbouring Nduga district.

AMA Director Djarot Soetanto said Thursday the plane was found at an altitude of 8,500 feet (2,590 metres) about 9 miles (14 kilometres) from Wamena.

Melkianus Kotta, head of the local search and rescue agency, said all five people on board were killed and their bodies were transported to Wamena by helicopter.