12 bodies in Russia jet crash found

Indonesian rescuers on Friday found the bodies of 12 people who were killed when their Russian jet crashed into the face of a mountain during a sales flight.

Questions mounted over how the twin-engine Sukhoi Superjet 100, a new passenger plane with a veteran pilot at the controls, crashed into Mount Salak, a dormant volcano well-known to pilots as a peril.

Rescuers struggled to reach the jungly site on the face of the mountain, using climbing equipment to ascend the near-vertical slope where bodies and debris were scattered.