Aviastar Angkut 10 Penumpang Hilang Kontak antara Masamba ke Makassar
Passenger Plane Carrying 10 People including Three Children is Missing over Indonesia
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SEBUAH pesawat penumpang yang membawa 10 penumpang hilang kontak.
Otoritas penerbangan mengatakan pesawat milik maskapai Aviastar dikatakan hilang kontak setelah pesawat kecil Twin Otter dalam penerbangan antara Masamba dan Makassar, pada Jumat.
Juru bicara Kementerian Perhubungan Julius Barata mengatakan pesawat kehilangan kontak radio sekitar 30 menit sebelum pesawat diperkirakan mendarat di Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan.
Pesawat itu membawa tiga awak dan tujuh penumpang, termasuk tiga balita, kata Barata.
Sebuah tim penyelamat telah dikirim untuk mencari pesawat tersebut.
Indonesia berulang kali ditimpa musibah kecelakaan transportasi dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, termasuk pesawat jatuh dan tabrakan kereta api serta feri tenggelam.
Indonesia merupakan pangsa pasar yang berkembang berkembang paling cepat di Asia, tetapi terhadang untuk mendapatkan pilot berkualitas, mekanik, pengendali lalu lintas udara dan modernisasi teknologi bandar udara, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
A PASSENGER plane carrying 10 people has gone missing in Indonesia.
The country's Aviastar airline said contact had been lost with the Twin Otter small aircraft travelling between Masamba and Makassar on Friday.
Transportation Ministry spokesman Julius Barata said the plane lost radio contact about 30 minutes before it was expected to land in the provincial capital.
It was carrying three crew and seven passengers, including three children, officials added.
A rescue team has been sent to search for the plane.
Indonesia has been plagued by transportation accidents in recent years, including plane and train crashes and ferry sinkings.
It is one of Asia's most rapidly expanding airline markets, but is struggling to obtain qualified pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers and updated airport technology.
