Out of danger: A joint search and rescue team helping Aswal Jamal (centre) disembark from a rescue helicopter. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
Three crew members have been rescued from a Bell 212 helicopter owned by PT National Utility Helicopters (NUH) that made an emergency landing in a river basin in Paniai regency, Papua.
The victims arrived at Aturure Douw airport in Nabire regency on Saturday at 10.30am local time. They were carried by a helicopter owned by mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia that had flown from Timika city to the landing site in the bed of the Degeuwo River in Paniai.
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