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12 bodies in Russia jet crash found
AFP
Last Updated IST

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.

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(Published 11 May 2012, 13:58 IST)