Overview
- Rescue teams spotted and recovered debris including a window, fuselage sections and the tail on the slopes of Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi.
- The ATR 42-500, operated by Indonesia Air Transport and chartered for fisheries surveillance, disappeared Saturday on approach to Makassar after air traffic control instructed a course correction.
- Official tallies list 11 people on board, though some local reports later cited 10, and casualty figures remain unconfirmed as authorities continue recovery operations.
- Local and military sources reported at least one body found near the debris field, while more than 1,000 personnel push the search through dense fog and steep terrain.
- Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee will lead the probe, with aircraft maker ATR saying its specialists are supporting the investigation; Flightradar24 logged a last signal about 20 km northeast of Makassar at 04:20 UTC.