Overview
- The ATR 42-500 operated by Indonesia Air Transport lost contact around 1:17 p.m. local time over Leang-Leang, Maros, while approaching Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport.
- Basarnas, using AirNav-provided coordinates, has deployed helicopters, drones and ground teams to the mountainous search area.
- Officials report 11 people on board—eight crew and three Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries staff—and no casualty determinations have been released.
- Air traffic control instructed the crew to correct their approach alignment before radio contact ceased, and Flightradar24 recorded a last signal about 12 miles northeast of Makassar.
- Authorities are assessing reports of scattered debris, small fires and an explosion-like sound near Bulusaraung, and ATR says its specialists are supporting the investigation.