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No survivors found after Russian plane crashes in Indonesia
A rescue team found no survivors but several bodies when it reached the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into an Indonesian mountain during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board.
May 10, 2012
(REUTERS) JAKARTA - Russia's first all-new passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union, a Superjet 100 aircraft, went missing on Wednesday about 40 miles (64 km) south of Jakarta..
It was carrying Indonesians, including journalists and businessmen, eight Russians, including embassy officials, pilots and technicians, two Italians, one French citizen and one American, said Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, the head of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.