A 12-year-old boy has been found alive in the wreckage of a plane crash which killed eight people in Indonesia.
Photos from the scene show the boy conscious and looking at the camera.
He was found with the wreckage on a mountainside near the border with Papua New Guinea on Sunday morning.
The Swiss-made Pilatus aircraft he had been travelling in lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday afternoon, shortly before it was due to land at Oksibil airport.
The plane, owned by private charter Dimonim Air, had been travelling from Tanah Merah, about 40 minutes flight south, to Oksibil in the province of Papua when it went down.
It was carrying nine people, including two crew members.
According to news agency AFP, nearby villagers heard a “loud roar followed by an explosion”.
An investigation into the cause of the crash will be carried out, officials said.
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