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Missing Indonesian plane found crashed in Papua - govt official


    JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Trigana Air plane that went missing with 54 people on board on Sunday crashed in Indonesia's eastern Papua region, a transport ministry official said.

    Earlier, media cited Trigana Operations Director Beni Sumaryanto as saying there had been reports of a crash from a village in the forested and mountainous district of Oksibil, adding that search teams would check that area in the morning.

    (Reporting by Fergus Jensen; Writing by John Chalmers; Editing by Dale Hudson)