According to officials atYeosu First Presbyterian Church,the couple had been sent to Indonesia as Christian missionaries and were travelling to Singapore to renew their visas. According to Indonesia's Director of Air Transport, Djoko Murjatmodjo, contact with the aircraft was lost between Tanjung Pandan and Pontianak, a trading port city in west Kalimantan about 100 nautical miles south east of Tanjung Pandan.
Hifadhi ya Msitu wa Mazingira Asilia wa Chome (Shengena) ni msitu wa Serikali kuu unaosimamiwa na wakala wa huduma za Misitu Tanzania kupitia Wizara ya Mali Asili na Utalii na ulitangazwa kwa mara ya kwanza kuwa msitu wa hifadhi mwaka 1951 kwa tangazo la Serikali Na.125 la tarehe 25/5/1951 ambapo katika msitu huo kuna vivutio vya aina mbalimbali wakiwemo ndege, miti na ina ukubwa wa hekta 14,283.