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15 Bodies Recovered in Indonesian Plane Crash

   VOA News  May 07, 2011
   People remove debris of a plane, that had crashed into the sea off
   Papua province, from the water in this still image taken from video,
   May 7, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   People remove debris of a plane, that had crashed into the sea off
   Papua province, from the water in this still image taken from video,
   May 7, 2011

   Indonesian aviation officials say a passenger plane, carrying at least
   25 people, crashed Saturday into the sea in the eastern province of
   West Papua.
   Authorities say 15 bodies have been recovered from the state-owned
   Merpati airline flight that took off from Sorong headed for Kaimana.
   The French news agency, AFP, reports the remaining bodies are trapped
   in the wreckage of the twin turboprop plane. Authorities say the
   passengers included an infant and two children.
   Indonesian aviation officials say bad weather may have caused the
   crash.
   The vast Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport and has
   one of Asia's worst air safety records.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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