A firefighting helicopter crashed into the Barito River in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Sunday, killing one Indonesian crew member and leaving two New Zealand crew members alive, Indonesia’s ANTARA news agency and Stuff reported^1,2.

ANTARA, citing the National Search and Rescue Agency, said an H225 Super Puma registered VH-HGM went down while water-bombing forest and land fires in Barito Kuala District². Stuff described the same aircraft type and location, citing ANTARA¹.

Two people were pulled from the river alive and a third died^1,2. ANTARA identified the dead man as Yayan Supyansuri, an Indonesian navigator, and said a joint team recovered his body near Tabatan Village at 6:08 p.m. local time². I Putu Sudayana, head of the Banjarmasin search-and-rescue office, told ANTARA the body was taken first to a clinic in South Barito, Central Kalimantan, then to a hospital in Banjarmasin².

ANTARA named the survivors as New Zealand nationals Hugh Pagi, the pilot, and Mick Betteridge, listed as co-pilot and flight engineer². Stuff said one survivor had been identified in media reports as New Zealand pilot Hugh Andrew John Page¹. The two accounts appear to refer to the same pilot, with different spellings of the surname; neither outlet independently confirmed identity beyond those reports^1,2.

A spokesperson for New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Stuff the ministry was aware of reports of the crash and that the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta was making further inquiries¹. ANTARA did not carry a New Zealand government comment².

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency told ANTARA the helicopter, manufacturer serial number 2878, was privately owned and had been chartered for aerial firefighting². Stuff reported the same charter arrangement¹. Authorities said the cause remains under investigation^1,2.