All eight people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed ​in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, authorities ‌said on Friday as search teams tried to retrieve the bodies and wreckage. The Airbus H130 helicopter ​lost contact on Thursday morning five minutes ​after taking off from a plantation ⁠area in Melawi, Mohammad Syafii, the head ​of Indonesia’s rescue agency, said. “The location of the ​crash or loss of contact is in a densely forested area with steep hilly terrain,” Syafii said, ​saying rescuers had found debris suspected ​to be the tail of the helicopter approximately 3 ‌km (2 ⁠miles) west of where contact was lost. The cause of the crash remains unclear. A spokesperson from the local rescue agency said the ​six passengers ​and two ⁠crew members onboard had died in the crash.

Full report : Eight people killed in helicopter crash in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan, authorities say.