A Cassa Carrying 18 on Board Missing in Indonesia

Ocimnet - A cassa 212 has been reported of having crashed in Bahorok, Langkat regency, North Sumatera, Thursday. The plane belonging to Nusantara Buana Air (NBA) and carrying 14 passengers and 4 crew was flying from here to Kuta Cane, Southeast Aceh.

It was formerly reported that it belonged to Susi Air but the airline denied it. "It is not ours but NBA's," said Gunanjar, an officer of Susi Air.

No details were given yet by NBA or Langkat authorities on the crash. Mohammad Hilmi Faiq

A small aircraft with 18 people on board went missing in Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday, a transport ministry spokesman said.

The Cassa 212, carrying 15 passengers and three crew, was flying from Medan city in North Sumatra to the nearby province of Aceh when it lost contact with air traffic control, Bambang Ervan said.

“It took off at 7:18 (0018GMT) and was supposed to land at 8:00,” the spokesman told AFP, adding that a search and rescue team was trying to find the aircraft.

“We still don’t know yet whether there are foreigners on board,” he said.

A helicopter chartered by US giant Newmont Mining crashed on Sunday in central Indonesia, killing two people on board. Early this month, an Australian and a Slovak pilot were killed when their small Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft, which was carrying fuel and food to a remote area in Papua province, went down.

Another small aircraft, which was also transporting supplies to remote villages for a Christian humanitarian association in Papua, crashed last week, killing its American pilot and two passengers. The sprawling Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport and has a poor aviation record.

[via - kompas.com]

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