| Plane gone missing in eastern Indonesia |
A plane carrying 16 people disappeared over eastern Indonesia on Sunday, an airline official said.
The Twin Otter plane was on a commercial flight over the remote Papua region when it lost contact with ground officials, said Capt. Nikmatullah, the director of operations of airline Merpati Nusantara.
No trace had been found of the plane more than 4 hours after it took off, said Nikmatullah. The aircraft was carrying enough fuel to keep it in the air for 3 1/2 hours, he said.
The plane was on a 50-minute journey from Sentani, a major airport in Papua, to the town of Oksibil, he said.
Much of Papua is covered with impenetrable jungles and mountains. In the past, crashed planes have never been found.
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