- Title: INDONESIA: Indonesian rescuers spot wreckage from crashed Russian Sukhoi aircraft
- Date: 11th May 2012
- Summary: CIDAHU, SUKABUMI DISTRICT, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (MAY 10, 2012) (REUTERS) SEARCH AND RESCUE POST MEDIA AND RESCUERS GATHER AT POST SIGN READING: "SEARCH AND RESCUE POST" MILITARY PERSONNEL POINTING LOCATION AT MAP MAP OF LOCATION MOUNT SALAK MAP RESCUERS AND VOLUNTEERS LOOKING AT MAP PEOPLE GATHER AT POST (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) OPERATION COORDINATOR, KETUT PARWA: "It was found at coordinate 06 42 61 South and 106 42 41 East, we have not received the exact condition but we have seen debris there." VARIOUS OF RESCUERS TALKING ON WALKIE TALKIE
- Embargoed: 26th May 2012 13:00
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- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Accidents
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- Story Text: Indonesia rescuers spotted on Thursday (May 10) wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft that went missing with up to 50 people on board the previous day in a mountainous area south of the capital while on a demonstration flight.
A search helicopter spotted the wreckage on the edge of a cliff at 5,500 feet (1,650 meters), they said. There was no word about the fate of those on board.
"It was found at coordinate 06 42 61 South and 106 42 41 East, we have not received the exact condition but we have seen debris there," said Ketut Purwa, search and rescue operation coordinator in Cidahu post.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed the crashed in a televised news conference.
Radio contact with the Superjet 100 aircraft, Russia's first all-new passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union, was lost at about 0800 GMT on Wednesday (May 9) after it descended to 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) around Mount Salak, a dormant volcano 7,254 feet (2,200 metres) above sea level, officials said.
The aircraft was carrying Indonesian businessmen, Russian embassy officials and journalists. Dimitry Solodov from the embassy said there were eight Russians on board, including pilots and technicians.
The aircraft made two demonstration flights on Wednesday. It returned to Halim Perdanakusuma airport, east of Jakarta, after the first flight where some people got off and others boarded.
Sukhoi, which has orders for 170 planes worldwide, plans to produce up to 1,000 Superjets, primarily for foreign markets. It aimed to sell 42 planes to Indonesia, which is seeing a fast-expanding aviation market that aims to tap travel by a growing middle class in the world's fourth-most populous nation. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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