AN Australian man is one of three people killed in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the 38-year-old Victorian man was among those killed in the crash yesterday.
A DFAT spokesperson said two PNG nationals were also killed and consular officials were in contact with the man's family in Australia.
"Our thoughts are with the families of the victims,'' the spokesperson said in a statement today.
The single-engined Cessna Caravan charter plane, operated by Tropicair, crashed while flying in Gulf Province yesterday afternoon, ABC reported.
The Accident Investigation Commission says there were 10 people on board, and seven survived the crash.
Investigators have been sent to the scene.
Catat Ulasan