REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TIMIKA - No airline, neither commercial nor pioneer, serve a flight to Mulia, Puncak Jaya, Papua, following the shooting incident of Twin Otter plane owned by Trigana Air on April 8. The case leads to the shortage of basic needs, such as rice, in Mulia.

“We received a report the shortage of primary needs in Mulia. Even, the service of government, education, economy and others are also jammed,” the Head of Air Transportation of Transportation, Communication, and Informatics Department in Mimika, John Rettob, said on Monday.

Rettob said Mulia and its vicinity could only be reached by air transportation even the land transportation was available. It is less used due to its vulnerable condition.

Earlier before, Twin Otter plane owned by Trigana Air was shot several times. A passenger was dead and others were wounded.

Before the incident, the flight from Timika to Mulia was served three times on a week with one of them was pioneer flight. Some airlines also made a flight to supply basic needs stock.

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