Bodies of Australian, Slovak Pilots Recovered in Papua
September 14, 2011
This photograph taken on Tuesday shows the wreckage of the Susi Air Cessna Grand Caravan plane at a forested mountain area in the Yahukimo district in eastern Indonesia's Papua province. Rescuers on Tuesday found the bodies of the Australian and Slovakian pilot who were killed in the accident while the flight was transporting fuel and food. The sprawling Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport and has a poor aviation safety record. (AFP Photo) Related articles
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Timika. The bodies of an Australian pilot and his Slovakian co-pilot who died when their small plane crashed in Indonesia's Papua province have been recovered, an official said Wednesday.
"At 7:00am today we sent three helicopters to recover the bodies of Susi Air pilot David Cootes from Australia and co--pilot Thomas Munk from Slovakia," Papua police spokesman Wachyono said.
The choppers collected the bodies from the crash site in Yahukimo district and flew them to Biak island, off Papua's northwestern coast. Wachyono did not say when the bodies would be repatriated.
Susi Air's light Cessna Grand Caravan plane was carrying food and fuel to a remote district when it crashed Friday in bad weather.
Thick fog and bad weather prevented a prompt search--and--rescue mission to the remote site.
The sprawling Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport and has a poor aviation record. Turbulent weather conditions in Papua have caused several aviation accidents in recent years.
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