No survivors in Indonesia Trigana Air plane crash, search official says

They found a grisly scene of bodies and debris strewn among the trees.

None of the 54 people on board the Trigana Air Service flight survived the disaster, said 

Heronimus Guru, the deputy director of operations for Indonesia's national search and rescue agency.

Helicopters are being deployed to the remote area in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua to begin the evacuation process, authorities said.

The airliner lost contact with air traffic control Sunday about half an hour into a short flight from Papua's provincial capital to a town in the mountains.

Search planes spotted debris on a mountainside Monday, but efforts to reach it on foot and by helicopter were suspended until Tuesday because of bad weather

There was no indication that a distress call was made from Trigana's ATR 42-300 turboprop aircraft before it lost contact Sunday, Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesman J.A. Barata told CNN Indonesia.

There are many possible reasons for the apparent lack of a distress call, CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo said. It could indicate that crew members were too busy dealing with whatever situation arose to send one, or that they didn't realize they were in trouble, she said.

Search crews Tuesday found the plane's flight data recorder and the

recorder, known as "black boxes," and they might provide some answers. Both recorders are in good condition, Guru said.

Villagers reported seeing a plane crash into a mountain, according to Indonesian aviation authorities. The site is about 14 kilometers (9 miles) from the airport where the plane was supposed to land, search officials said.

The plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members

  when it went missing on the flight between Jayapura, the provincial capital, and Oksibil, an inland town near the border with Papua New Guinea.

All those on board were Indonesian, authorities said.

CNN