Cargo plane carrying four missing in eastern Indonesia

Rimbun Air

Indonesian air traffic control has lost contact with a local cargo plane. The aircraft, with four people aboard, has not been heard from since shortly after take-off from the city of Timika, Straits Times reports. Alongside three crew members, a passenger and 1.7 tonnes of rice were aboard the Twin Otter, owned by Carpediem and operated by Rimbun Air, which launched last year. Search and rescue has been deployed but the region has a poor record when it comes to aviation safety, ...