Indonesia Finds Bodies of 10 Passengers on Crashed Surveillance Plane

Indonesia Finds Bodies of 10 Passengers on Crashed Surveillance Plane
Debris of an ATR 42-500 turboprop airplane at Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on Jan. 18, 2026, after the aircraft lost contact Saturday. BASARNAS via AP
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JAKARTA--Indonesian rescuers on Friday had found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in Indonesia’s ‍South Sulawesi province at the weekend, ‍the country’s search and rescue agency said.

The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with ‌air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) ⁠around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.