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Indonesia plane crash: Rescue workers locate all 54 bodies, no survivors

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ANI Washington DC

Indonesian rescue workers have finally located all 54 bodies that were on board the Trigana Air Service plane before it crashed in a mountainous area of eastern Papua province.

According to CNN, helicopters are being deployed to the densely forested area to begin the process of evacuation.

Search planes spotted debris on a mountainside on Monday.

The airliner lost contact with air traffic control Sunday about half an hour into a short flight from the provincial capital to a town in the mountains.

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First Published: Aug 18 2015 | 10:45 AM IST

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