Jakarta. The wreckage of a small aircraft operated by private carrier Aviastar that went missing with ten people on board last Friday has been found on Monday afternoon, in a mountainous area in South Sulawesi's Enrekang district.

BeritaSatu TV reported Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) official Heronimus Guru as saying that the wreckage of the Twin Otter plane marked PKBRM was found at Mount Latimojong.

The Aviastar plane departed from Andi Djemma Airport in Masamba, in North Luwu district, at 2.25 p.m. local time on Friday and had been scheduled to arrive in Makassar at 3.39 p.m. However, the plane lost contact with air traffic control just 11 minutes after take-off.