Pictured: A Papua New Guinea Airlines De Havilland Twin Otter
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What: PNG (Papua New Guinea) de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en routefrom Port Moresby to Efogi and further on to the Kokoda Trail
Where: New Guinea
When: Aug 11th 2009
Who: 11 passengers and 2 crew
Why: The plane never arrived at Port Moresby, and is missing during heavily overcast weather conditions. The last radio contact was on approach to Kokoda, which was aborted.

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