Susi Air's Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft crash-landed on an airstrip in Paniai district after taking off from neighbouring Nabire, local search and rescue chief Sumpeno Yuwono told AFP. "The New Zealand pilot has been rescued to a hospital in Timika town and the body of the Spanish co-pilot was sent to a nearby airport," he said, adding that the accident took place around 9 am local time (0000 GMT). He said the cause of the crash was being investigated. Zulfiqar, another search and rescue official who like many Indonesians goes by a single name, said that the aircraft was flying food supplies to remote villages in the Paniai district. The sprawling Indonesian archipelago relies heavily on air transport and has a poor aviation safety record. Turbulent weather conditions in Papua have caused several accidents in recent years. In September an Australian and a Slovak pilot were killed when their Grand Caravan, owned by the same company, went down in a remote area of Papua province. Another small aircraft, also transporting supplies to remote villages for a Christian organisation in Papua, crashed the same month, killing its American pilot and two passengers.