Indonesia's air transportation chief confirmed that the Trigana Air Service plane was found by villagers in the country's largest province, Papua.
A crash site was found Sunday after an Indonesian airliner with 54 people aboard lost contact with air traffic control over a remote, mountainous area in bad weather, Indonesian officials said.
Air Transportation Director General Suprasetyo confirmed the plane was found by villagers who said it crashed into a mountain inPapua , the nation's largest and most eastern province. The fate of the 49 passengers — including five children — and crew of five was not immediately known, he said.
"Residents provided information that the aircraft crashed into Tangok mountain," Suprasetyo said.
The crash was third catastrophe for the Southeast Asian nation's beleaguered air transportation system in less than a year.
The Transportation Ministry said the Trigana Air Service flight lost contact 33 minutes into a 42-minute flight from the provincial capital of Jayapura bound for the city of Oksibil. There was no indication of a distress call from the French-built ATR 42-300 twin turboprop plane, the ministry said.
Heavy rain, high winds and some fog were reported in the area around the time the plane disappeared. Papua is home to some of the world's highest mountains as well as dense rain forests.
The National Search and Rescue Agency tweeted at about 7 a.m. ET — 8 p.m. local time — that the search had been suspended due to limited visibility and will resume early Monday. A short time later Suprasetyo confirmed that villagers had found the crash site.
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