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Indonesia Crash Victims Found-PT Nusantara Buana Called UnProfessional by Heartbroken Families


What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane
Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
Why: The fate is known of the 18 passengers who went missing on a short Indonesian hop between North Sumatra and Aceh. The flight lost contact and crashed in the jungle canopy.

Rescuers reached the crash site via helicopter, and all the passengers were reported as casualties. Search and rescue teams found the passengers all strapped in their seats, lifeless.

Devastated family members accuse the airline of unprofessionalism. THe airline reports that rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather, terrible conditions, mountains and forest.

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CASA Crashes in Indonesia: Wreckage Pinpointed

What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh
Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
Why: 18 passengers on an Indonesian flight are missing after a flight is reported to have lost contact with ATC and crashed. The flight took off at 7:18 am, and was to land at 8:00, normally less than one hour. All aboard are being reported as fatalities.

The pilot was American.

The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route. Search and rescue teams have been deployed. Though some reports say rescuers have found the wreckage, other reports say the wreckage is in difficult terrain and has not been reached.

There were 4 children and 14 adults aboard the flight. A local villager reported seeing the plane smoking and circling and passengers are presumed dead, but the report was accompanied by a photo of another crash site, so the source is dubious.