Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and returned to his native New Zealand. Mehrtens’s kidnapping was a personal trauma — ...

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 ...

Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens is escorted by officers upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base Ops, Jakarta, Saturday, September 21, 2024. Philip, who is a foreigner from New Zealand, was ...

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 ...

A New Zealand pilot, kidnapped in Indonesia’s Papua region over a year ago, has been released. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, 38, who worked for Susi Air, was abducted from a remote airport in February ...

The pilot was identified as Philip Mark Mehrtens who hailed from Christchurch and was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air.

A New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is "very happy" to be going home to his family. Philip Mehrtens was ...

A man, identified as Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot who is said to be held hostage by a pro-independence group, stands among the separatist fighters in Papua Highlands province, in this ...

After some time in New Zealand flying for Jetstar, the couple returned to Indonesia and Mehrtens took a job flying with Susi Air. He was on a missing to rescue 15 construction workers from the ...

Mr Mehrtens was working for an Indonesian aviation company when he was abducted after landing his single-engine Susi Air plane on a remote airstrip in the mountainous province of Nduga, found in ...

Mr Mehrtens was working for an Indonesian aviation company on February 7 last year when he was abducted after landing his single-engine Susi Air plane on a remote airstrip in the mountainous ...

That would be very much appreciated,” he says. Philip Mehrtens was abducted when he flew a small single propeller plane for the Indonesian airline Susi Air. Picture:Twitter ...