Wreckage of Indonesian airliner found in mountainous region

(2007-01-02 09:32:55)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The wreckage of the missing Indonesian airliner was spotted in a mountainous region, the Indonesian Air force commander said Tuesday, but he did not said whether there are survivors. Full Story>>

Missing Indonesian plane's position at Makale, South Sulawesi

(2007-01-02 08:36:48)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Officials of Indonesian Adam Airline said Monday the missing plane of the airline was confirmed at Rantepao-Makale, in Toraja regency of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. Full Story>>

Missing Indonesian plane reported airworthy

(2007-01-02 09:27:24)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Boeing 737-400 belonging to Indonesian Adam Air Airline Company went missing on a flight from Surabaya to Manado on Monday afternoon was reported to be still air worthy. Full Story>>

Indonesia's Adam Air confirms passenger plane missing

(2007-01-02 02:17:32)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Adam Air Monday evening confirmed reports that one of its commercial airliners went missing in the air space above Makssar, South Sulawesi. Full Story>>

Relatives of missing Indonesian plane busy seeking information

(2007-01-02 02:17:32)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A number of relatives of passengers onboard the missing Adam Air aircraft on Monday were busy seeking information on the whereabouts of the ill-fated plane which lost contact with air control in Makassar on its way to Manado, North Sulewesi, from Surabaya, East Java. Full Story>>

Missing Indonesian air plane believed to have landed at sea

(2007-01-02 01:00:23)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Adam Air Boeing 737-400,who was reported missing in the air space above Makassar, is believed to have made an emergency landing on the sea after losing contact with the air control center in Makassar, an airport official said. Full Story>>

Missing Indonesian plane's position still unknown

(2007-01-01 23:50:42)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The position or whereabouts of an Indonesian passenger airplane that went missing Monday is still unknown, said an official at the Air Transportation under the Ministry of Transportation. Full Story>>

Indonesian passenger plane missing

(2007-01-01 20:57:40)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 737-400 airplane from Indonesia's Adam Air went missing Monday around the airspace of Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province en route to Manado, North Sulawesi. Full Story>>

    Backgrounder: Major air crashes in Indonesia since 2004

    BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian jetliner with 102 people aboard crashed into mountains in Indonesia's northeastern island of Sulawesi on Monday, killing at least 90 people on board.

    Following is a chronology of major air crashes in Indonesia since 2004:

    2004:

    Nov. 30: A Lion Air passenger plane skid off the runway and crashed during heavy rains in central Indonesia, killing at least 30 people and injuring 75.

    Dec. 23: A helicopter Puma crashed some 17 km from a small town in Indonesia's Central Java Province, killing 14 people on board.

    2005:

    Feb. 22: A small plane of the Indonesian police crashed near the airport of Indonesia's Sarmi regency in the eastern-most Papua island, killing 14 people on board.

    Sept. 5: An Indonesian Boeing 737-200 with 117 people on board crashed into a residential area in the city of Medan, Indonesia's third-largest city, killing 102 people on board and 47 on the ground.

    2006:

    Nov. 17: A Twin Otter aircraft crashed in Papua province of Indonesia, killing more than 10 people on board.

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Disasters in recent years

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