Overview
- Rescuers located the final two victims on Friday, completing recovery of all 10 people from the crash site on Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi.
- The ATR 42-500, owned by Indonesia Air Transport and chartered by the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry for surveillance, was carrying seven crew and three ministry staff.
- The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control on Jan. 17 near Maros shortly before its scheduled landing in Makassar.
- Steep slopes, fog and scattered debris complicated multi-day search and evacuation efforts, according to local rescue officials.
- KNKT has retrieved the flight recorder and is examining it as part of the probe into the cause; this is Indonesia’s first fatal ATR 42 crash in more than a decade.