Land, Air Search for Merpati

A LAND and air search will be conducted to find a Twin Otter aircraft belonging to the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines that went missing here on Sunday.
Chief of the Jayapura air base Col. Suwandi Miharja said here on Sunday that his side was preparing a team and five planes for search of the missing aircraft on Monday (Aug 3) morning.
The five planes which be provided are from the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Associated Mission Aviation (AMA), Yayasan Jasa Aviasi Indonesia (Yajasi), Twin Otter of Merpati Airlines and an Air Force Cassa place, he said.
The Twin Otter lost contact with the tower while flying between Jayapura and Oksibil on Sunday (Aug 2). [ANTARA]