4 killed in plane crash in Indonesia's Sulawesi island
A plane of Indonesia's
local carrier SAM Air crashed in Gorontalo province, Sulawesi island, on
Sunday, killing all four people on board, local media reported.
"The PK SMH type
aircraft crashed after losing contact with Makassar AirNav officers. The plane
departed from Djalaluddin Gorontalo Airport at 7:30 a.m., heading to Bumi Panua
Pohuwato Airport. However, it lost contact and was reported to have crashed
near the Bumi Panua Pohuwato Airport," Head of the Gorontalo Search and
Rescue Office, Heriyanto, said in a release as quoted by local media.
The four victims,
comprising a pilot, a copilot, an engineer and a passenger, were found dead.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Xinhua
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