A light helicopter Eurocopter EC-130 carrying five people has dropped off the Toba Lake in Tampahan Tobasa district, the Indonesian province of Sumatra.
According to the local media, a fisherman saw a helicopter flying low over the lake in the noon of October 12 and he heard a strong blast after that.
Currently, fishermen are helping police search the helicopter debris.
The light helicopter lost contact at 12:20 of October 11 while it was on a chattered flight from Samosir island to Kualanamu airport in North Sumatra's capital, Medan. It was carrying two crewmen and three passengers.
Earlier this month, Indonesia’s DHC-6 Twin Otter plane crashed in South Sulawesi province, killing all 10 people on board.
The Aviastar Twin Otter DHC-6 aircraft– with four adults, three children and three crew on board – lost contact with air traffic control shortly after taking off from Masamba airport in North Luwu en route for South Sulawesi’s capital Makassar .-VNA
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Passenger airplane goes missing in Indonesia
A passenger plane of Aviastar Mandiri airline with 10 persons on board went missing in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia on October 2.