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Surveillance plane which crashed was airworthy, says Indonesian official
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Search-and-rescue teams were activated after a fisheries surveillance airplane crashed in South Sulawesi on Jan 17.
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JAKARTA – The Transportation Ministry said on Jan 19 that a fisheries surveillance airplane, which lost contact mid-flight in South Sulawesi province, was airworthy before it crashed into the side of Mount Bulusaraung, killing two people.
Another eight people who were on board the plane are missing.
