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Following breaking news this morning of a passenger plane that's carrying 54 people, including children and infants, is missing in a remote area of indonesia. >> the plane took off from a local airport there in jayapura on the country's northern coast. it was supposed to last about 50 minutes to oksibil. but about 32 minutes or so, the air traffic control lost contact with the plane. >> and it's dark there and this is a densely forested region, we're told, very mountainous. bad weather has moved into the area, we're told, as well. so officials say they have suspended the search and will resume...

Point. they were 33 minutes into the flight when they lost contact with this plane. and as we understand they are not going to start a search or resume a search until tomorrow morning because it's dark there. >> let's get the latest here from kathy novak. what do we know about this search and when it will resume? >> we're hearing via our affiliate cnn indonesia that the transportation ministry has confirmed that the search has been suspended until morning, because it's dark. they lost contact with the plane at 2:55 p.m. local time. as you say that makes it about four and a half hours that it h...

The breaking news this morning, this coming from the province of papua. a plane carrying 54 people missing this morning. it took off at about 2:21 p.m. local time there. and roughly 30 minutes into the flight, that plane you just saw, that very jet, went missing. and the air traffic control operators lost contact with it. on board, 44 adults, two children, three infants, five crew members. again, a total of 54 people. we know from the transportation minister there in indonesia that the search which began obviously shortly after the plane disappeared, was called off because of bad weather. it's...