A video of a New Zealand pilot captured by members of the West Papua Liberation Army surfaced Tuesday along with a heartbreaking message to his family.. Philip Mark Mehrtens, 38, has been living ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The family of New Zealand pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens has expressed their immense relief following his release through the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat). ...

Philip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old former Jetstar pilot, appears gaunt, ... Brad Pitt makes shock family remark amid estrangement from the children he shares with ex Angelina Jolie; ...

Ex-Jetstar pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, from New Zealand, looks gaunt and pale in the new hostage video. The 38-year-old is seen sporting a straggly beard and looking dishevelled in the clip.

The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a ...

Philip Mehrtens, seized by rebels in February 2023, has finally been released, alive and well. ... He is in good health and has since been reunited with his immediate family in Jakarta.

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, was captured by separatist rebels last year. Kiwi pilot held hostage in West Papua freed ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The kidnapping of pilot Phillip Mehrtens was ended through negotiation. This is a lesson for the Prabowo administration about how to resolve the Papua conflict. Although it took 19 ...

JAKARTA (Bernama): The Indonesian government has officially handed over New Zealand pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens to New Zealand authorities at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in East Jakarta following ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch who was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air, was handed over to the Cartenz Peace Taskforce, the joint security force set ...