Justification in favour of natives
But that only considers the American viewpoint. As with all argument, there is an opposing viewpoint. True, it was an American plane with American personnel on board, but the jet crashed in Papua New Guinea and stayed there for decades. The villagers may not have a legal right to it, but do they not have a moral one? The local chief's son, Augustin Begasi, tried to intervene as Hagen attempted to remove the plane. Although he had been unsuccessful, he insisted all along that this was wrong. “The plane used to bring tourists, but now there is nothing,” he sighed. We can no longer refer to it as a village. It would already have a name if they'd just left it there.