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A determination rider craft carrying 11 radical mislaid interaction with crushed power Saturday (January 17, 2026) portion approaching a mountainous portion betwixt Indonesia's main land of Java and Sulawesi island, officials said. A hunt and rescue cognition is underway.
The turboprop ATR 42-500 operated by the Indonesia Air Transport was connected the mode from Yogyakarta to the superior metropolis of South Sulawesi erstwhile it vanished from radar, said Endah Purnama Sari, a spokesperson for the Transportation Ministry.
The level was past tracked astatine 01:17 p.m. the Leang-Leang country of Maros, a mountainous territory of South Sulawesi province.
Multiple hunt and rescue teams, supported by aerial unit helicopters, drones and crushed units person been deployed, Sari said successful a statement.
Hopes for locating the wreckage grew aft hikers connected Mount Bulusaraung reported uncovering scattered debris, a logo accordant with Indonesia Air Transport markings, and tiny fires inactive burning astatine the scene.
“The sightings were reported to authorities and are being verified by rescue teams attempting to scope the area,” said Maj. Gen. Bangun Nawoko, the South Sulawesi's Hasanuddin subject commander.
Sari said the level disappeared soon aft being instructed by aerial postulation power to close its attack alignment. “After the past ATC instructions, vigor interaction was mislaid and controllers declared the exigency distress phase.” She said rescue teams focused their hunt astir the mountains wherever the aircraft, with 8 unit members and 3 passengers from the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry aboard, was believed to person deviated from its attack to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.
Weather conditions astatine the clip indicated clouds and 8-kilometre visibility, Sari said.
Steep terrain astatine Bulusaraung National Park linking Maros and Pangkep districts has analyzable the hunt efforts, Nawoko said
