New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped and held captive by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region.

A New Zealand pilot has been freed from captivity ... was quoted as saying that "we will never release the pilot we are holding hostage unless Indonesia recognizes and frees Papua from Indonesian ...

Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

A New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage by heavily armed rebels in the forests of West Papua has finally been released after 19 months in captivity. Phillip Mehrtens was seized by the West Papua ...

A New Zealand pilot held prisoner for more than 19 months by armed insurgents has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage in 2023 when he landed a small commercial plane in the remote ...

A New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is "very happy" to be going home to his family. Philip Mehrtens was ...

A New Zealand pilot has arrived in Indonesia's capital Jakarta after a year and a half of being held hostage in Indonesia's Papua region. Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels the ...

Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels after they stormed his plane on 7 February last year. The group had taken ...

A bearded Philip Mehrtens is pictured with a local official at a press conference on Saturday after being freed from captivity A New Zealand pilot ... after being taken hostage by separatists ...

A New Zealand pilot taken hostage in Indonesia by a West Papua rebel group is finally heading home after 592 brutal days in captivity. Phillip Mehrtens was working for Indonesian airline Susi Air ...