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The body of a passenger reported missing after a plane crash in Micronesia was found in the Pacific lagoon where the aircraft fell.
The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 aircraft struck the water while it was trying to land at Chuuk Airport in the Micronesia archipelago on Friday. latest.
Initially, the airline said the 47 passengers and crew managed to evacuate the plane that was flowing safely, but on Saturday afternoon he confirmed that a passenger was not found.
Tahawar Durrani, General Manager of Air Niugini, said the body of this man had been found by divers.
The airline said in a statement that this man was Indonesian, without giving more details.
"Our outreach team is in contact with this man's family and we are making arrangements to repatriate his body," said Durrani.
An Air Niugini aircraft flew over a landing strip in Micronesia and found itself in the ocean
Images of the accident showed US Navy sailors boarding a rescue mission using an inflatable boat to land people before the plane sinks in. about 30 meters of water.
The clip shows sailors using the right wing of the plane as makeshift mooring for the boat. Rescuers entered the plane through the emergency door and some men were wearing swim shorts and goggles.
They waded into the flooded cabin up to the waters up to the waist, looking for survivors, to make sure everyone was safely out.
After making the short ride to the dinghy by carefully walking on the wing, just below the water's surface, a rescuer said, "They have everyone!"
Seven people were taken to the hospital. Four are still in treatment and would be in stable condition.
Boats and locals come to the rescue of all the passengers and crew of a plane that crashed into a lagoon of Micronesia
The cause of the accident and the exact sequence of events remain uncertain.
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.
Bill Jaynes, one of the passengers, said that the plane arrived very low.
He said, "I thought we had landed hard, until I looked up and discovered a hole in the side of the plane and that water was coming in."
"And I thought, well, that's not how it should be."
