TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jayapura Police investigators are currently conducting a crime scene investigation on the Trigana Air IL-222 at the Sentani International Airport in Papua after the commercial airplane was allegedly shot at on March 12.

Jayapura Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Fredrickus W.A Maclarimboen stated that the investigation is carried out by the Head of Sentani Airport Police, Inspector Dua Wajedi, and the team on board the plane, specifically, at Passenger seat Numbers 7 C and 8 D and on the plane floor near seat No. 7 C.

According to the Papua Police spokesperson commissioner Ignatius Benny Ary Prabowo, the passenger who initially sat at the aforementioned seats sustained minor injuries and was permitted to go home after being checked by health officials and law enforcement officers.

The airplane was shot during landing and take-off at the Nop Goliat Dekai airport located at Papua highland’s Yahukimo subdistrict on Saturday, March 11.

Benny Prabowo said that during the initial investigation, the sound of gunshots came from around the Brasa Dekai River. Initial search results found no trace on the airplane fuselage, which is why the Trigana Air Boeing PK YSC B 373-500 continued its flight.

Benny Prabowo said during take-off to Sentani Jayapura Airport, the plane was fired upon again. "Five shots were heard," he said.

Benny said, there was a gunshot hole under the plane and one passenger was hit by a splinter from a chair.

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