Key Highlights
- In this photo provided by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), members of its rescue team conduct a searching operation amid debris of an airplane around Mount Bulusaraung| APMakassar: Rescuers on Sunday found the debris from a small plane that went missing in eastern Indonesia, but have yet to locate the 10 passengers who were on board, officials said.
- The Indonesian Air Transport turboprop plane lost contact with the air traffic controller on Saturday afternoon while en route from Yogyakarta to the city of Makassar in Sulawesi Island.
- Among the debris, the joint search and rescue team found what is believed to be "the fuselage, the tail section, and the windows", head of Makassar search and rescue agency, Muhammad Arif Anwar, said at a press briefing.
- A rescue unit was also deployed by air to search for the missing passengers, Arif said.
- "Our current priority is locating victims, and we hope there are still some we can evacuate in a safe condition," Arif added.
