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A helicopter has spotted what is thought to be wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that disappeared on Wednesday, Indonesian officials say.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 vanished from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from Jakarta for a brief demonstration flight.

Officials said the helicopter had seen debris on the side of a cliff near a dormant volcano.

About 45 people are said to have been on board the aircraft.

“The aeroplane crashed at the edge of Salak mountain,” Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on television.

“I have spoken directly to our officer in the field, it was found around 1.5 km (one mile) from the spot where the plane last made contact,” he said.

“An investigation must be carried out immediately and thoroughly. Search and rescue operations must prioritize finding any survivors.”

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 vanished from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from Jakarta for a brief demonstration flight

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 vanished from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from Jakarta for a brief demonstration flight

There was no sign of any passengers but rescuers were preparing to drop a team from a helicopter onto the ridge to search for survivors, a military official said.

Eight Russian pilots and technicians, Indonesian airline representatives and journalists were among those said to be on board the plane.

Earlier reports had said 50 people were on board, but Indonesian agents of the Russian-made plane said this figure had been revised down because some people got off before take-off.

Aerial searches for the plane on Wednesday were hampered by darkness and strong winds. Fog early on Thursday also delayed search effort

The plane took off from east Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma airport at 14:00 (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, on its second flight of the day.

At 14:50, it was recorded as dropping from 10,000ft (3,000m) to 6,000ft near Salak, a peak measuring 7,200ft (2,200m).

Juanda, a villager who lives near the mountain, told local TV: “I saw a big plane passing just over my house.”

Rescue teams on the ground were working to reach the site where the debris was spotted, officials said.

Sukhoi officials have been on an Asia-wide tour in recent months to show off their aircraft to airline firms.

The Superjet, a mid-range airliner that can carry up to 100 people, is military plane-maker Sukhoi’s first commercial aviation plane.

It was created by a joint venture, majority-owned by Sukhoi, with Italy’s Finmeccanica and a number of other foreign and Russian firms also involved.

Sukhoi aimed to sell 42 of its planes to Indonesia, which has witnessed a fast-expanding aviation market to cater for a growing middle class in the world’s fourth most populous nation, Reuters adds.

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A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 with at least 44 people aboard has gone missing on a demonstration flight in Indonesia.

The plane disappeared from radar screens during a flight from Jakarta meant to last 30 minutes, a blogger with the Sukhoi delegation said.

Helicopters were dispatched to look for the jet, thought to have been flying near a mountain, Sergey Dolya said.

Emergency services confirmed a Sukhoi plane was missing.

The plane, which took off at 07:00 GMT, is believed to have had about four hours’ fuel aboard.

A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 with at least 44 people aboard has gone missing on a demonstration flight in Indonesia

A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 with at least 44 people aboard has gone missing on a demonstration flight in Indonesia

Gagah Prakoso, spokesman for Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency, said 46 people had been aboard the plane, which vanished from radar near Bogor, a city in West Java province.

He said it was unclear who was on board because they were people invited by Sukhoi, but they were “likely to be reps of Indonesian airlines”.

Sergey Dolya tweeted that there were 44 people aboard, eight of them Russians.

The plane took off from east Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma airport, which is used for some commercial and military flights, at 14:00 (07:00 GMT), the Indonesian search and rescue agency spokesman said.

“At 14:50 it dropped from 10,000ft [3,000m] to 6,000ft,” the agency told AFP.

Herry Bakti, head of the transport ministry’s aviation division, said the aircraft had been on the second of two demonstration flights, and those on board were invited guests.

The Russian embassy in Jakarta said in a statement earlier this week that a Sukhoi Superjet 100 demonstration would take place in Jakarta on Wednesday, AFP added.

The embassy could not be immediately reached for comment.

The Superjet, a mid-range airliner that can carry up to 100 people, is military plane-maker Sukhoi’s first commercial aviation plane.

It was created by a joint venture, majority-owned by Sukhoi, with Italy’s Finmeccanica and a number of other foreign and Russian firms also involved.

Gagah Prakoso said Sukhoi had been offering the Superjet to Indonesian airlines.

 

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