In Indonesia, after a plane crash in the mountains, the body of a dead man was found.
An Indonesia Air Transport plane crashed in Indonesia with 11 people on board, including crew members. According to the Antara news agency on January 18, rescuers found the board a day later on the top of Mount Bulusaraung in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi.
The emergency occurred on Saturday, January 17, when the crew stopped receiving any signals. The plane was traveling from Yogyakarta to Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi. The operation to search for the wrecked aircraft was conducted in extreme terrain and in bad weather, where visibility due to thick fog reaches only five meters.
On Sunday, January 18, rescuers found the missing ATR 42-500 aircraft in the mountains. Soon, a message was also received about the found body of one of the victims of the disaster.
"This afternoon, a man's body was found in a ravine about 200 meters deep, surrounded by the wreckage of the plane. Evacuation is currently underway," said Arif Anwar, head of the Search and Rescue Department.
The team is currently at the top of Bulusaraung Mountain, intending to lower the victim's body along the climbing route.
On December 25, 2025, Sky News reported on the crash of a rescue helicopter on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, killing five people in the crash. The accident occurred at an altitude of over 4,000 m. There were two foreigners on board, who were evacuated by medics, as well as a local doctor, a guide and a pilot. The aircraft belongs to Kilimanjaro Aviation, a company specializing in medical evacuation.
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