People walk into the entrance of Trigana Air's office in Jakarta, Indonesia August 16, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Treacherous terrain in Indonesia's Papua province on Monday hampered rescuers' efforts to reach a passenger plane that crashed with 54 aboard, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago.
Rescuers have yet to detect the aircraft's black boxes and news of survivors depends on a ground team now trekking slowly towards the mountainous area, the rescue official overseeing the search said.
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