Authorities are continuing their search for 11 people after the Indonesia Air turboplane crashed while flying towards Sulawesi
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A search and rescue personnel carries the wreckage of an Indonesian Air Transport turboprop aircraft, a day after it crashed while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar, at Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi on Jan. 18.Credit : Muchtamir Zaide / AFP via Getty
A second victim’s body was discovered by Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency after an Indonesia Air passenger plane carrying 11 people vanished.
The victim’s body, a woman who has not been identified, was discovered by rescuers on Monday, Jan. 19, AFP reports. Mohammad Syafii, head of the national search and rescue agency, told reporters that “one more victim has been found… according to the information we received, the victim was a woman,” the outlet reports.
The search for the eight additional victims remains ongoing.
Another victim’s body, a man who has yet to be identified, was discovered by rescue authorities roughly 200 meters (or 656 feet) deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, Indonesia, amid debris, Muhammad Arif Anwar, the head of Makassar’s Search and Rescue Office, has confirmed, according to the Associated Press (AP) on Sunday, Jan. 18.
Additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, were also discovered by authorities during the recovery mission. The group found what is currently believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500 that crashed on Jan. 17.
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The Indonesia Air Transport turboplane disappeared from radar during what should have been a two-hour flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar, according to the Associated Press (AP) and Antara, Indonesia’s national news agency.
The small plane was carrying eight crew members and three passengers. It last made contact with air traffic control at 1:17 p.m local time, according to Edy Prakoso, director of operations at Basarnas, Indonesia’s national search-and-rescue agency, per Antara.
Prakoso told the outlet that data shows the plane likely went down over the Maros District, and that 25 search-and-rescue officers divided into three groups have since been deployed to search for the wreckage.
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Indonesia Air Transport and Basarnas did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Jan. 19.
