Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The kidnapped pilot has since been freed. Picture: Supplied An Australian pilot has been freed after he was allegedly kidnapped at ...

PNG Police Commissioner David Manning said the pilot and two local technicians had been in Mt Sisa as part of a scheduled stop when they were taken captive at a remote telecommunications site.

An Australian pilot and two local workers kidnapped at gunpoint in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea on Monday were released just hours later, according to police. Prime Minister James Marape ...

The trio are now free after being taken "by gunpoint" at a remote site near Mount Sisa in Papua New Guinea's highlands. Police had been cleared to use lethal force against the kidnappers. An ...