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An official says an Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people has lost contact over the country’s easternmost province of Papua.

A search and rescue plane seeking a crashed aircraft with 54 people on board in Indonesia’s Papua province spotted debris believed to be from the missing flight on Monday, the local police chief said.

There are still few details about what actually happened to the Trigana Air Service flight, but what is known is that the plane took off on Sunday from Papua’s provincial capital, Jayapura.

So far only part of the wing has been found. What happened to the 239 people on that flight remains a mystery.