MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Rescuers found debris and one body on Sunday from a small plane that crashed in eastern Indonesia with 10 people on board, officials said.
The Indonesian Air Transport turboprop plane lost contact with the air traffic controller on Saturday afternoon while en route from Yogyakarta to the city of Makassar on Sulawesi island.
Among the debris, the joint search and rescue team found what is believed to be “the fuselage, the tail section, and the windows”, local official Muhammad Arif Anwar told a press briefing.
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The body of one victim was found on a steep mountain slope in the same area, said Arif, head of the Makassar search and rescue agency.