Indonesian rescuers locate wreckage of missing aircraftReuters, JAKARTAIndonesian authorities yesterday said they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30pm around the Maros region in South Sulawesi. Members of the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescue team conduct a search operation around Mount Bulusaraung, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on Saturday. The aircraft had been heading to Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, after departing from Yogyakarta province before contact was lost. Yesterday morning, local rescuers found the wreckage in different locations around Mount Bulusaraung in the Maros region, said Andi Sultan, an official at South Sulawesi’s rescue agency.
