Jakarta: A government official says a light aircraft has crashed in bad weather in eastern Indonesia and burst into flames, killing four people on board.
Transport ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan says the Piper PA-34 Seneca owned by Intan Angkasa Air took off Sunday from Sentani town in Papua province and crashed into a paddy field near a housing complex in Tual on the Molucca Islands. There were four Indonesian crewmembers aboard.
Ervan says a pilot, a technician and two staffers of the company were on their way to Surabaya city on the country's main island of Java for a routine inspection of the plane.
He said the cause of the crash was not immediately known, but the plane was landing to refuel at Tual airport during heavy downpours.
Transport ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan says the Piper PA-34 Seneca owned by Intan Angkasa Air took off Sunday from Sentani town in Papua province and crashed into a paddy field near a housing complex in Tual on the Molucca Islands. There were four Indonesian crewmembers aboard.
Ervan says a pilot, a technician and two staffers of the company were on their way to Surabaya city on the country's main island of Java for a routine inspection of the plane.
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