A New Zealand pilot held prisoner for more than 19 months by armed insurgents has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage in 2023 when he landed a small commercial plane in the remote ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after ... government as a terrorist organization and has in the past taken ...

A pilot from New Zealand who was being held captive in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was kidnapped more than a year and a half ago. Indonesian police ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a ... he added. “The case has taken a toll on the Mehrtens family, who have asked for privacy,” Peters said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for ... he added. “The case has taken a toll on the Mehrtens family, who have asked for privacy,” Peters said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage over a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a ... he added. “The case has taken a toll on the Mehrtens family, who have asked for privacy,” Peters said.