New Zealand pilot Captain Philip Mark Mehrtens (centre, wearing blue pants) arrives at Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma airbase on Sep 21, 2024, after being held captive for 19 months in Papua by ...

Indonesian and New Zealand authorities rejoiced over the weekend as Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot held hostage for 19 months by a Papuan armed group, walked free on Saturday. Mehrtens was ...

September 23, 2024 JAKARTA – Indonesian and New Zealand authorities rejoiced over the weekend as Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot held hostage for 19 months by a Papuan armed group, walked free on ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian government handed over Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was in captivity by the separatist group led by Egianus Kogoya since February 7, 2023, to the New ...

Jakarta. Philip Mark Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot who was held hostage by Papuan rebels for nearly 20 months, was released on Saturday and has now been handed over to New Zealand authorities, ...

Meanwhile, the New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters was delighted to hear the release of Captain Mehrtens. "We are pleased and relieved to confirm that Phillip Mehrtens is safe and already in ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Susi Air Pilot, Philip Mark Mehrtens was freed from the armed group Free Papua Movement (OPM) led by Egianus Kogoya in Nduga on Saturday, September 21, 2024. Indonesia's ...

Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels after they stormed his plane on 7 February last year. The group had taken him hostage in hopes of forcing talks about independence from Indonesia.