A plane carrying 48 people went off the runway in Indonesia’s remote eastern district of Papua on Monday, hurting several passengers, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The Southeast Asian archipelago has a dismal aviation safety record, and Papua’s rugged geography makes flying difficult due to frequent bad weather.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning, Trigana Air’s ATR-42 aircraft went off the runway as it took off from an airstrip in the remote Yapen Islands regency for the Papuan capital Jayapura.<\/p>\n
The plane was carrying 42 passengers, including an infant, and six crew members.<\/p>\n
\u201cPraise God everybody survived and has been taken to a hospital for a health checkup,\u201d local police chief Ardyan Ukie Hercahyo said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are investigating the incident and coordinating with related parties to ensure this will never happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The local search and rescue agency said in a statement that some passengers were injured and traumatised by the incident.<\/p>\n
Indonesia relies heavily on air transport to connect its dozens of islands, but Papua is particularly difficult to access.<\/p>\n
In 2015, a Trigana Air plane crashed there, killing all 54 passengers aboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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