This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows rescue team members working on the site near debris of a crashed helicopter in Central Papua, Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2025. All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday. (Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua)

JAKARTA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday.

The wreckage was located in a canyon in Mimika regency, said I Wayan Suyatna, head of the local search and rescue office. The bodies have been evacuated to a hospital in Timika, the regency's capital.

The helicopter went down at around 1:40 p.m. local time Wednesday while flying from Ilaga Airport in Puncak regency to Mozes Kilangin Airport in Mimika, Suyatna said. ■

This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows a rescue team member working on the site near debris of a crashed helicopter in Central Papua, Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2025. All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday. (Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua)

This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows rescue team members working on the site near debris of a crashed helicopter in Central Papua, Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2025. All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday. (Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua)

This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows rescue team members transferring body pack of victims after helicopter crashed in Central Papua, Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2025. All four people aboard a helicopter were found dead after the aircraft crashed in Central Papua province in Indonesia, a rescue official said Thursday. (Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua)