Overview
- Rescuers, following Thursday’s loss of contact, recovered all eight bodies Friday morning and moved them to Pontianak.
- The Airbus H130 operated by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact about five minutes after an 8:34 am local departure from Melawi for Kubu Raya.
- An Indonesian Air Force helicopter spotted debris in dense forest, including suspected tail fragments about three kilometres west of the last known position.
- Rough terrain and nightfall slowed the effort as roughly 20 ground personnel worked to reach the site before evacuations could proceed.
- Authorities have identified the aircraft as PK-CFX and are preparing a formal investigation in a nation where recent crashes have kept safety in sharp focus.