Fed: Wreckage of plane found: report

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2009
Fed: Wreckage of plane found: report

BRISBANE, Aug 12 AAP - A rescue chopper has found the wreckage of a charter plane that
went missing on route to the Kokoda track with 13 people on board, Papua New Guinea authorities
say.

Papua New Guinea Civil Aviation Authority head Joseph Kintau told ABC Radio he had
just left a briefing where he learned the news.

"They've located the wreckage," he said.

"I don't have any specific details at this point in time but I have just been told
it has been located."

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