All six people on board were killed after a small plane crashed before landing in Papua province in easternmost of Indonesia on Thursday morning, an investigator said. Investigator from Indonesian Aviation Safety Commission named only Sulaiman said that the Comby PAS146 cargo-and-passenger plane operated by Avia Star airline was on route from Sentani to Wamena of the province, Xinhua reported.
"It crashed about 5 km before landing in Wamena. All 6 people on board were dead," he told Xinhua. The plane was burned down and the body of the plane broke into 3 parts, said Sulaiman. Investigation was carried out to find out the cause of the accident following the series of others small accidents taking place recently in Indonesia. Sulaiman ensured that the weather was clear during the accident, which taking place around 5 a.m. Jakarta time ( 2200 GMT).
