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September 10th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AAP
Bad weather has prevented authorities from reaching the site where a light plane piloted by a Queensland man crashed in the Indonesian province of West Papua.
Grave fears are held for the man, identified by the plane’s owners as David Cootes, 29, as well as another pilot who was aboard the Cessna turbo prop single-engine aircraft when it crashed en route to the village of Kenyam at about midday on Friday.
The secondpilot was identified as Slovakian man Thomas Munk.
An Indonesian transport ministry spokesman said rescue workers held out little hope of finding anyone alive because of the extent of damage to the aircraft.
Indonesian authorities said a search and rescue helicopter was sent to the crash site on Saturday morning but was forced to return to base because of bad weather.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said the condition of both men was still not known.
“Due to bad weather, Indonesian authorities have not yet been able to access the crash site to confirm whether there are any survivors,” a DFAT spokesperson said in a statement released on Saturday.
Consular officials from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta were in direct contact with a representative of the plane’s owner, Susi Air.
The Cessna 208-B Caravan, which was carrying four drums of diesel fuel as well as other cargo, is believed to have crashed midway into its one-hour flight from Wamena to Kenyam.
AAP
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