A small passenger plane with 54 people on board lost contact in Papua, easternmost of Indonesia, on Sunday, J.A. Barata, spokesman of transport ministry told Xinhua by phone.
According to the official Twitter account of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), the aircraft belonging to Trigana Air Service was carrying 44 adult passengers, five crew and five children and infants.
The plane was flying between Jayapura's Sentani Airport and Oksibil, due south of Jayapura, the capital of Papua province.
