Indonesian authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane

Joint search and rescue teams climb toward the suspected crash site of an Indonesia Air Transport turboprop plane that lost contact a day earlier while flying from Jogjakarta to Makassar, in the Bulusaraung Mountains, South Sulawesi on January 18, 2026. - AFP

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities said on Sunday (Jan 18) they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board.

The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.