- By PTI
- Tue, 02 Sep 2025 01:29 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Indonesia helicopter missing news: Search and rescue teams in Indonesia searched on Tuesday for a helicopter that went missing over the forests of Borneo with eight people, including an Indian national, on board the previous day.
The Airbus BK117 D-3, owned by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control eight minutes after departing from the airport in Kotabaru district in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province on Monday. The aircraft was on its way to Palangkaraya City in Central Kalimantan Province.
Three foreign nationals — an American, a Brazilian, and an Indian — are among the eight people who were on board the helicopter.
Who is the Indian national aboard missing chopper?
Indian national Santha Kumar was among the passengers, the report said. Others on board were identified as Captain Haryanto, Eng Hendra, Mark Werren, Yudi Febrian, Andys Rissa Pasulu, Claudine Quito, and Iboy Irfan Rosa.
The aerial search involves two helicopters operating in shifts to ensure safety, as simultaneous deployment in the same area could endanger the joint search and rescue team, I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Agency, said.
Search operation on
A total of 140 personnel from a joint team, including police, military, local agencies and residents, were sent by land and air to comb a 27-square-kilometre stretch of forest in Mantewe, Tanahbumbu district.
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The operation is also supported by two helicopters, which will take turns sweeping the area, said I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Agency. “Hopefully, with everyone's prayers, today's operation will be successful and we will be able to find the location of the incident,” Sudayana said.
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