Australian helicopter pilot and two workers freed from kidnapping in Papua New Guinea.

A helicopter pilot and two local contractors were kidnapped at gunpoint while working at a remote telecommunications site near Mount Sisa in Papua New Guinea's Hela province. According to different reports, the captives were released safely and unharmed after several hours of negotiations between the authorities and their kidnappers. Previously, over 50 bodies were discovered by the side of a road in the area. The pilot has since been flown to Hides in the Southern Highlands with the other contractors onboard. There seems to be consistency in the information regarding the release of the captives, but there is a slight variation in the details leading up to their freedom.