3 killed in small plane crash in Indonesia

JAKARTA. November 29. KAZINFORM Rescuers have found the small training plane, which had lost contact since Nov. 16 in a mountain in West Java of Indonesia, all three people on board were killed, rescuer said on Tuesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

The Cessna 172 plane operated by Nusa Flying International School lost contact when it was flying from Halim Perdanakusuma airforce base in Jakarta toward Cirebon town of West Java, rescuer at Jakarta Search and Rescue Office named only Purnono has told Xinhua over phone.

Search and rescue operation had been carried out to find the missing plane, involving those from Search and Rescue Office in Jakarta and West Java, local police and military officers, said Purnono.

A helicopter had been also involved to find the plane, he said.

On Monday, the wreckage of the crashing plane was found, and the rescuer could reach the scene in a mountain in West Java on Tuesday, another rescuer at West Java Search and Rescue Office Agung Supriatna said.

"The plane has been found, all the three people on board were dead, their bodies were found at the front of the wreckage of the plane," he told Xinhua over phone on Tuesday.

The rescuer said that the plane was found at Mount. Ciremai at Argapura village of Sumedang district at West Java.

Small plane accident has been rampant recently in Indonesia, including an accident in Papua which killed several people.