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News of Jan 2 2007
Wreckage of Indonesian Plane Found,
90 Dead

Jakarta, Jan 2
At least 90 people have reportedly been killed in the crash of an Indonesian commercial airliner whose wreckage was found early Tuesday, said media reports.

An emergency search plane spotted the wreckage of the budget carrier Adam Air flight in a mountainous region of West Sulawesi province, near the town of Poleyali, the Jakarta-based Elshinta radio station reported.

Andre, the town's police chief, said there were 12 survivors and 90 dead among the 102 passengers and crew on board.

The plane, a Boeing 737-400, left Monday afternoon from the East Javan capital Surabaya for Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi. It lost contact at about 3.00 p.m., an hour before it was scheduled to arrive at Manado's Sam Ratulangi airport.

Flight number KI-574 was carrying 96 passengers including seven children and four infants, plus a crew of six, said Hartono of Adam Air's head of safety and security.

Ichsan Tatang, director-general of air communications at the transport ministry, said preliminary information from a Singaporean satellite and other aircraft in the region said the plane had sent out a distress signal in bad weather - heavy rains and strong winds.

Tatang added that the plane, with 45,371 flight hours and 26,725 landings, was airworthy. 

DPA News of Jan 2 2007

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