What happened
The incident involved a military aircraft operating a scheduled flight between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. During this transit across the western Pacific Ocean, the aircraft was lost without trace. No distress signal or wreckage was immediately located, leading to the classification of the event as a disappearance.
The flight crew consisted of six individuals, including officers and non-commissioned personnel. The specific roles included a Second Lieutenant serving as pilot-in-command, a First Lieutenant, two other Second Lieutenants, a Technical Sergeant, and a Sergeant. All six members of the crew were lost in the incident.