An air crash in Kalimantan, in the Indonesian section of Borneo, has claimed the life of at least two people, including an Australian, the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency says.
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A spokesman for Indonesia's Transportation Ministry said the pilot, Jonathan Willis, was a South African national, and the passenger, Ian McDouglas was an Australian surveyor doing an aerial survey.
It was reported earlier in the Indonesian press that the pilot was Australian.
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The plane was found about 1.30am local time (3.30am AEST) near a ravine in Ritan village, East Kalimantan.
Evacuation was carried out by locals, police and the Search and Rescue agency.
The plane was last seen late afternoon yesterday near a plantation area in East Kalimantan.
Indonesian air traffic control lost contact with the plane yesterday evening after it reported its plan to conduct an emergency landing.
The spokesman said the plane was a Pilatus Porter.
He said the bodies were still in East Kalimantan.
The downed plane belonged to Susi Air, which flies mainly light, propeller-driven aircraft transporting passengers and freight to smaller airports across Indonesia.
Susi Air will conduct a press conference about midday local time.
A Susi Air plane was involved in the death of Australian pilot David Cootes in the province of Papua last September.
Mr Cootes and his co-pilot, Slovakian Tomas Munk, died when their light plane crashed on a one-hour flight from Wamena to Kenyam.
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Michael Bachelard is the Age and Herald Indonesia Correspondent.
