​JAKARTA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The position of an Indonesian army helicopter, which lost contact when it was passing above Borneo Island on Thursday, has been located on Sunday, military spokesman said.

"The personnel have received the ELT (emergency locater transponder) signal from the missing helicopter," Military Spokesman Brig. General Wuryanto told Xinhua by phone.

Five people were aboard the helicopter, comprising the pilot and four crews, according to him.

The copper was carrying logistic for soldiers guarding the borders of Indonesia and Malaysia in North Kalimantan province of the island, he said.

ELT signal informs the coordinate position of a crashed aircraft to satellite, so that the location of the incident can be found out.

The ELT signal will automatically be active when the surface of the device hit something.