Overview
- The turboprop ATR 42-500 operated by Indonesia Air Transport was flying from Yogyakarta to Makassar when it went missing on approach.
- Air traffic control reported the aircraft deviated from the planned approach, issued correction instructions, then radio contact abruptly ceased.
- Search teams located scattered wreckage, including fuselage and tail sections, in the Bantimurung/Mount Bulusaraung karst near Makassar.
- One body has been recovered near debris; officials list either ten or eleven people onboard, with reports noting three fisheries ministry employees.
- More than 1,000 personnel are combing steep, foggy terrain with ground and air assets, and the cause remains unknown as the probe gets underway.