An Indonesian police plane on its way from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung province, to Batam in the Riau Islands carrying thirteen people went missing today and feared to have crashed. <br/><br/>The M28 Skytruck plane lost contact with air traffic control during what was supposed to be a 1.5 hour flight in western Indonesia. An earlier police statement said, the plane had set off at 9:24 am but that air traffic control lost contact with the plane at 10:15 am. It was carrying five crew and eight passengers.<br/><br/>Indonesia's search and rescue team have been deployed and Singapore said it was also helping as the incident happened close to the city-state.