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The chief executive of the country’s Accident Investigation Commission, David Inau, says the looters removed or tampered with evidence needed for its investigation.
The small Sunbird Aviation plane crashed while approaching the runway at Kiunga Oksapmin airport on April 13.
Inau says no distress call was made by the pilot, a French-Australian national, but witnesses reported seeing the plane suddenly pitch up to an almost vertical position before dropping to the ground.
He told the newspaper, The National, that as soon as the aircraft crashed people rushed to have a look, and removed baggage and other items from the wreckage.
Inau says the commission is still awaiting US$158,000 from the national government to conduct its investigations.
- RNZI