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4 killed in helicopter crash in Indonesia

Published : 12 Sep 2025, 03:03

  DF News Desk
This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows rescue team members working on the site near debris of a crashed helicopter in Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua.

All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday, reported Xinhua.

The wreckage was located in a canyon in Mimika regency, said I Wayan Suyatna, head of the local search and rescue office. The bodies have been evacuated to a hospital in Timika, the regency's capital.

The helicopter went down at around 1:40 p.m. local time Wednesday while flying from Ilaga Airport in Puncak regency to Mozes Kilangin Airport in Mimika, Suyatna said.