Kuala Lampur, April 16 --  

PONTIANAK, April 16 - Indonesian authorities are searching for a helicopter with eight people on board after they lost contact with the chopper today, a rescue official told AFP.

The helicopter, owned by local firm Matthew Air Nusantara, took off from the West Kalimantan province on the Borneo island heading to another destination in the same province, according to the local search and rescue agency.

It was carrying two crew members and six passengers, and contact was lost around 8.10 am.

Some 20 rescuers had been deployed to search the area of the missing aircraft's last known position, I Made Junetra, the head of the local search and rescue agency, told AFP.

He added that an Air Force helicopter was...