Photos: Indonesian airplane crash

Indonesian rescuers search through wreckage of the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop plane at the crash site in the mountainous area of Oksibil on Aug. 18, 2015. Fifty-four people died in the crash.

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By Tribune wire reports

Chicago Tribune

Aug. 16, 2015 8:11 AM PT

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National Search And Rescue Agency chief F. Henry Bambang Soelistyo, left, looks at a map with Air Vice Marshal Sudipo Handoyo during a search operation for the missing Trigana Air Service flight in Papua province, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2015.

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Relatives of passengers on the missing Trigana Air Service flight wait for information at Sentani airport in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2015.

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Relatives of passengers on the missing Trigana Air Service flight listen to a National Policies Disaster Victim Identification official at Sentani airport in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2015.

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Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue personnel view a terrain map in Jayapura in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Aug. 16, 2015, as they search for a crashed passenger plane.

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