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JAKARTA, July 2, (APP/AFP) – At least two people have been
killed and several more are missing after an Indonesian search and
rescue helicopter crashed, an official said Sunday, in the country’s
latest aviation accident.
The helicopter was carrying at least eight people including
four crew when it hit a cliff in Temanggung, Central Java province,
late Sunday afternoon, a senior official at the social affairs
ministry told AFP.
“It is a mountainous area, but it is reachable and our
team is already on the ground so we are doing our best to find
the other passengers,” the official Adhy Karyono said.
Two unidentified bodies have already been recovered, he
added.
The chopper was on a mission to oversee the situation in
Central Java, where a volcanic crater erupted at the Dieng Plateau
on Sunday afternoon.
About five people were lightly injured when the Sileri
crater spewed cold lava, ash and mud as high as 50 metres (164 feet)
into the sky, with officials quick to deploy officers to clear
the popular tourist area.