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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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Crash Site Not Reached-Possible Survivors


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: After 18 passengers went missing on an Indonesian flight after a flight is reported to have lost contact, and all were reported as casualties, the mother of 27 year old Samsidar Yusni said her daughter called her on the phone Thursday night, crying.

The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route, in the mountainous Bohorok area about 70 kilometres north-west of Medan. Search and rescue teams have been deployed but did not reach the location of the wreckage, turning back due to difficult terrain and bad weather.

Thirty hours after the crash, part of the rescue team reported seeing a plane door being opened. After leaving Medan by truck, the trek on foot takes six hours, according to search teams. The plane is apparently mostly intact in the canopy. Chopper flyby photos show wings damaged and nose gone.

Before nightfall, a helicopter lowered two rescuers by rope about 300 meters yards from the wreckage but they are separated by a ravine. An open door seems to indicate there might be survivors.

Four children were aboard.

Nusantara Buana Air is on the EU blacklist.

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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.