 Of the 32 occupants of the aircraft, only the two pilots, the only flight attendant, and one passenger out of 29 survived.The aircraft involved was a twin-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 with Papua New Guinean registration P2-MCJ, first flown in 1988.It was fitted with two turboprop engines Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 and constant-speed propellers.