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Air Niugini said in a statement that Saturday afternoon she could not take into account a passenger.
The airline said it was working with local authorities, hospitals and investigators to try to locate this man.
The airline did not immediately respond to requests for additional information about the passenger, such as his age or his nationality. Two Australians were aboard the plane at the time of the accident.
The airline that operates a flight that crashed Friday in a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia announced that a man was missing the call, having said earlier that the 47 passengers and members of the airline Crew had evacuated the plane sinking safely. Source: Reuters
The airline said Saturday in another statement that American divers had conducted an inspection inside the aircraft and confirmed that all passengers had been evacuated safely.
"This was confirmed by other passengers that the unaccounted person had evacuated the aircraft safely.He was seen in one of the local dinghies who were involved in passenger transport and transportation. Crew up to the coast, "the statement said.
"The local authorities and the airline continue to investigate the location of the unaccounted passenger."
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US Navy sailors are helping local authorities send the passengers and crew of the Air Niugini PX56 flight to the coast after the plane crashed into the sea as it approached the coast. Chuuk International Airport in Weno, Chuuk, Micronesia. Source: Reuters
Officials said Friday that seven people were taken to the hospital. The airline said six passengers remained at the hospital on Saturday and that they were all in stable condition.
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed last week that the two Australians on board were safe.
"Representatives of the Australian embassy in Pohnpei spoke to two Australians who were on board the aircraft and none of them asked for consular assistance," he said. said a spokesman for the DFAT.
The cause of the crash and the exact sequence of events remain unclear. The airline and the US Navy said that the plane had landed in the lagoon before the runway. Some witnesses thought that the plane was over the track.
Passenger Bill Jaynes said the plane was very low.
"I thought we had landed hard," he said. "Until I look at it and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water came in. And I thought, Well, that's not how it happens. "
Jaynes said that he and others had managed to make their way through the water to the emergency exit of the plane sinking. He stated that the flight attendants panicked and shouted and that he had been slightly injured in the head.
Publications on social media show a series of small boats helping passengers of the submerged aircraft. Source: Twitter / Deni ToKunai
"I was really impressed by the locals who immediately started landing in boats," Jaynes said in an interview with a Chuuk missionary, Matthew Colson, which was published online and shared with The Associated Press.
The US Navy said that sailors working nearby to improve a dock have also helped save people by using an inflatable boat to bring people to shore before the plane sinks to about 30 meters ( 100 feet) of water.
Air Niugini is the national airline of Papua New Guinea operating since 1973. According to data from the aviation security network, 111 people died in air strikes with airlines registered in Papua New Guinea. Guinea in the last two decades.
