Sukhoi Superjet 100 Crash Updates: No survivor, as rescuers found bodies from wreckage

CIDAHU, Indonesia (Thu, May 10) – Update 1: Rescue and search team members have located the bodies of passengers from the debris of ill-fated Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) crashed yesterday with 47 people on board, including 8 crew members.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Crash Updates: No Survivor, as rescuers found bodies from wreckage

National search and rescue agency spokesperson Gagah Prakoso told that due to the inaccessibility of the plane crash site, the bodies will required to be put in nets and lifted by ropes to a hovering chopper later on. The bodies from Wednesday's crash were to be flown to the capital, Jakarta, for identification by family members.

Reported earlier …..

There are no signs of survivors as a helicopter belonged to search and rescue teams has spotted the horrified remains of a Russian-made passenger plane Thursday with 47 ill-fated people on board, including eight crew members. 

The Russian Sukhoi aircraft crashed yesterday into a sharp cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demo flight to prospective customers and journalists.

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Russian Plane Crashed in Indonesia

Russian Plane Crash in Indonesia (Updates): Wreckage spotted, but no signs of survivors

CIDAHU, Indonesia (Thu, May 10) – There are no signs of survivors as a helicopter belonged to search and rescue teams has spotted the horrified remains of a Russian-made passenger plane Thursday with 47 ill-fated people on board, including eight crew members. 

Russian Plane Crash in Indonesia (Updates): Wreckage spotted, but no signs of survivors

The Russian Sukhoi aircraft crashed yesterday into a sharp cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demo flight to prospective customers and journalists.

According to details; the Sukhoi Superjet-100, Russia's first new passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago, lost the contact with air traffic radio control at about 4:00 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT) on Wednesday after it descended to 6,000 feet around Mount Salak, a dormant volcano 7,254 feet above sea level (just 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Jakarta), officials said.

 

Search and rescue teams began searching the heavily wooded area immediately after the plane was reported missing. Later on the company's blue-and-white logo peeked through the dense canopy of trees, said search and rescue official Ketut Parwa.  

Family members, many of whom spent a long, sleepless night at the airport, broke down in tears on hearing the news. Others stared blankly ahead in disbelief.

The aircraft was carrying Indonesian businessmen, Russian embassy officials and journalists. Dimitry Solodov from the embassy said there were eight Russians on board, including pilots and technicians.

Those on board included eight crew and 42 guests according to figures from the Russian embassy, Sunaryo, chairman of Sukhoi's Indonesian agent, PT Trimarga Rekatama, told a news conference late on Wednesday.

The aircraft made two demonstration flights on Wednesday. It returned to Halim Perdanakusuma airport, east of Jakarta, after the first flight where some people got off and others boarded.

Sukhoi, which has orders for 170 planes worldwide, plans to produce up to 1,000 Superjets, primarily for foreign markets.

It aimed to sell 42 planes to Indonesia, which is seeing a fast-expanding aviation market that aims to tap travel by a growing middle class in the world's fourth-most populous nation.

The jet was developed with Western design advice and technology from companies including Italy's Finmeccanica, as well as avionics and engine equipment from French aerospace firms Thales and Safran.

Built in a converted corner of a Sukhoi fighter factory in Siberia, the Superjet was unveiled in 2007 as part of a drive to restore pride in Russia's aviation industry, but it ran into a series of development delays.

The Superjet 100, with a capacity of 68-103 passengers, is already in service with Russia's Aeroflot and Armenian carrier Armavia and is half way through a 15,500-km (9,630-mile), six-nation Asian tour to try to drum up more international customers.

The aircraft is being marketed internationally in partnership with Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica.

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Shocking Video: Massive earthquake in Aceh Province, Indonesia -- Tsunami warning in 28 countries

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Wed, Apr 11) – An earthquake of 8.9 on Richter scale has struck Indonesia. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning after a major earthquake hit waters off northern Aceh province.

Massive earthquake in Aceh Province, Indonesia -- Tsunami warning in 28 countries

The effects of earthquake were also felt in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Patna, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar and several other cities on the eastern coast of India.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Wednesday the 8.9-magnitude earthquake’s epicenter was 20 miles under the ocean base around 308 miles from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.

Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami warning following the severe tremors.

BBC reported that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said it was not yet known whether a tsunami had been generated, but advised authorities to "take appropriate action".

Watch the aerial view of destruction caused by the earthquake:

Deadly Year 2011: Total 586 killed in 32 air crashes during 2011 -- Eye opening facts and figures

Total 586 killed in 32 air crashes during 2011

Significant Facts and Figures are given below (as on December 29, 2011):

Total Number of Crashes: 32, with an average of about 3 crashes per month.

Total Number of Fatalities: 586, , with an average of about 49 deaths per month.

Deadliest Crash: Royal Moroccan Air Force’s Hercules C130H crashed on 26th July, 2011 killing all 80 onboard. Iran Air’s Boeing 727-286 crashed on January 9 at Terman (Iran) killing 77 out of 105 onboard marking it the second deadliest air crash in 2011 followed by another Boeing aircraft owned by Hewa Bora Airlines in which 74 were killed in the month of July.

Deadliest Month in Terms of Number of Crashes: July witnessed 7 air crashes making up 22% of total crashes in 2011, while September is on second spot with total 4 air crashes. November is the only month in which no air crash happened.

Deadliest Month in Terms of Number of Fatalities in Air Crashes: In the month of July 187 killed in 7 air crashes making up 32% of total fatalities while 102 killed in September in 4 air crashes followed by January in which 80 people were killed in 2 air crashes. December is the only month in which no body killed in air crash despite of two air crashes happened.

Country Suffered Most in Terms of Number of Air Crashes: Russia suffered 7 air crashes making up 22% of total crashes in 2011. Indonesia is on second spot with total 4 air crashes followed by Republic of Congo with 3 plane crashes.

Country Suffered Most in Terms of Fatalities in Air Crashes: There were total of 117 casualties in Russia making up 20% of total fatalities in air crashes during 2011. Republic of Congo is on second spot with 110 deaths in plane crashes followed by Moroccan Air Force’s plane crash in which 80 people were killed.

Brief summary of all the air crashes during 2011 in given below one by one:

· Date : 1st January, 2011

Airline : Kogalymavia

Aircraft : Tupolev TU-154B-2 Location : Surgut, Russia

Fatalities : 3:124

· Date : 9th January, 2011

Airline : Iran Air

Aircraft : Boeing 727-286 Location : Terman, Iran

Fatalities : 77:105

· Date : 10th February, 2011

Airline : Manx2

Aircraft : Swearingen 227 Location : Cork, Ireland

Fatalities : 6:10

· Date : 12th February, 2011

Airline : SMAC

Aircraft : CASA NC-212-A4 Location : Bintan Island, Indonesia

Fatalities : 5:5

· Date : 14th February, 2011

Airline : Central American Airways

Aircraft : Let 410UVP Location : Cerro de Hula, Honduras

Fatalities : 14:14

· Date : 5th March, 2011

Airline : Voronezh Aircraft Production Association

Aircraft : Antonov AN-148-100 Location : Garbuzovo, Russia

Fatalities : 6:6

· Date : 21st March, 2011

Airline : Trans Air Congo

Aircraft : Antonov AN-12BP Location : Pointe Noire, Congo

Fatalities : 4:4 + 19

· Date : 1st April, 2011

Airline : Fugro Aviation Canada

Aircraft : CASA C-212-CC40 Location : Saskatoon, Canada

Fatalities : 1:3

· Date : 2nd April, 2011

Airline : Gulfstream Aerospace

Aircraft : Gulfstream G650 Location : Roswell, NM, USA

Fatalities : 4:4

· Date : 4th April, 2011

Airline : United Nations (UN)

Aircraft : Canadair CRJ-100ER Location : Kinshasa, Congo

Fatalities : 32:33

· Date : 7th May, 2011

Airline : Merpati Nusantara Airlines

Aircraft : Xian MA-60 Location : Kaimana, Indonesia

Fatalities : 25:25

· Date : 18th May, 2011

Airline : SOL Líneas Aéreas

Aircraft : Saab 340A Location : Los Menucos, Argentina

Fatalities : 22:22

· Date : 18th May, 2011

Airline : Omega Air Refueling

Aircraft : Boeing 707-321B Location : Point Mugu, CA, USA

Fatalities : 0:3

· Date : 6th June, 2011

Airline : DHL Aviation

Aircraft : Antonov AN-26 Location : Libreville, Gabon

Fatalities : 0:4

· Date : 20th June, 2011

Airline : RusAir

Aircraft : Tupolev Tu-134A-3 Location : Petrozavodsk, Russia

Fatalities : 47:52

· Date : 6th July, 2011

Airline : Silk Way Airlines

Aircraft : Ilyushin IL-76TD Location : Bagram, Afghanistan

Fatalities : 9:9

· Date : 8th July, 2011

Airline : Hewa Bora Airways

Aircraft : Boeing 727-100 Location : Kisangani, Congo

Fatalities : 74:118

· Date : 11th July, 2011

Airline : Angara Airlines

Aircraft : Antonov AN-24RV Location : Strezhevoy, Russia

Fatalities : 6:37

· Date : 13th July, 2011

Airline : NOAR Linhas Aéreas

Aircraft : Let L-410UVP Location : Recife, Brazil

Fatalities : 16:16

· Date : 26th July, 2011

Airline : Royal Moroccan Air Force

Aircraft : Hercules C-130H Location : Goulimime, Morocco

Fatalities : 80:80

· Date : 28th July, 2011

Airline : Asiana Cargo

Aircraft : Boeing 747-48EF Location : Off Jeju, South Korea

Fatalities : 2:2

· Date : 30th July, 2011

Airline : Caribbean Airlines

Aircraft : Boeing 737-8BK Location : Georgetown, Guyana

Fatalities : 0:162

· Date : 8th August, 2011

Airline : IrAero

Aircraft : Antonov AN-24RV Location : Blagoveshchensk, Russia

Fatalities : 0:36

· Date : 9th August, 2011

Airline : Avis Amur

Aircraft : Antonov AN-12 Location : Omsukchan, Russia

Fatalities : 11:11

· Date : 20th August, 2011

Airline : First Air

Aircraft : Boeing 737-210C Location : Resolute Bay, Canada

Fatalities : 12:15

· Date : 2nd September, 2011

Airline : Chilean Air Force

Aircraft : CASA C-212 Location : Off Juan Fernandez Islands

Fatalities : 21:21

· Date : 7th September, 2011

Airline : YAK Service

Aircraft : Yakovlev Yak-42D Location : Yaroslavl, Russia

Fatalities : 44:45

· Date : 25th September, 2011

Airline : Buddha Air

Aircraft : Beechcraft 1900D Location : Kathmandu, Nepal

Fatalities : 19:19

· Date : 29th September, 2011

Airline : Nusantara Buana

Aircraft : CASA C-212-200 Location : Bohorok, Indonesia

Fatalities : 18:18

· Date : 13th October, 2011

Airline : Airlines PNG

Aircraft : DHC-8-102 Location : Madang, Papua New Guinea

Fatalities : 28:32

· Date : 20th December, 2011

Airline : Sriwijaya Air

Aircraft : Boeing 737-400 Location : Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Fatalities : 0:131

· Date : 28th December, 2011

Airline : Altyn Air

Aircraft : Tupolev Tu-134A-3 Location : Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Fatalities : 0:88

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Golden Gate-like Bridge over Mahakam River Collapsed in Indonesia -- 4 killed, 20 injured, 40 still missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Nov. 27) – The search operation for almost 40 missing people is still underway after a bridge collapsed in Kutai Kartanegara district (central Indonesia) Saturday (Nov. 26) killing at least four and injuring more than 20 people.

Bridge Collapsed in Central Indonesia

The 720 meters (about 770 yards) long bridge - built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge – collapsed sending two buses, cars and motorcycles crashing into a Mahakam River underneath.

According to officials sources; 39 people have been rescued, including more than 20 who were still hospitalized. The dead include a 6-month-old baby.

Police say rescuers are searching for about 40 missing people after a bridge collapsed in central Indonesia, sending two buses, cars and motorcycles crashing into a river below. At least four people are confirmed dead.

The bridge was reportedly built in 2002 over the Mahakam River, the longest in East Kalimantan, and linked the towns of Tenggarong and Tenggarong Seberang in the province.

Watch Video: Zoya Amirin, Indonesia's Only Qualified Sexual Psychologist, Talks about Sex Education in Country

JAKARTA, Indonesia – In a country with the biggest Muslim population like Indonesia; it’s hard to imagine talking about sex and sexual education openly.

Zoya Amirin: Indonesia's Only Qualified Sexual Psychologist

Indonesia with a population of 230 million, Zoya Amirin is believed to be the Indonesia’s lone qualified sexual psychologist, working to make Indonesians more open-minded about sex and to help prevent the more than two million abortions a year.

 Indonesia's highest Muslim council agrees with sex education but in a limited form. Watch video of Al Jazeera TV below:

Sumatra (Indonesia) Plane Crash Updates: Hope of Life for Survivors After Crash Landing

JAKARTA: There were few hopeful hints Friday that there could be survivors from a small plane that crashed in Indonesia with 18 people on board after rescuers said the fuselage was intact and a door was open.

Hope of Life for Survivors After Plane Crash Landed in Sumatra (Indonesia)

Reported earlier here; the Casa 212 turboprop plane, carrying 14 passengers and four crew, went down in western Sumatra island on Thursday after departing Medan city, in Sumatra, for the nearby province of Aceh.

But the commercial flight run by Nusantara Buana Air sent an emergency signal and went down at 1,100 metres (3,600 feet) in the mountainous Bohorok area, around 70 kilometres (43 miles) northwest of Medan.

A team, dispatched for search and rescue operation, found Thursday that the fuselage was mainly intact and early Friday morning they reported from a helicopter that a door to the aircraft had been opened.

“They saw an open door, which makes us think that some passengers may be alive, so we are hopeful,” transport ministry aviation head Herry Bakti told AFP.

The rescue team were unable to reach the site Thursday because of poor access to the area and difficult terrain.

“The first thing we’ll do today is place an emergency helipad at the site, and hopefully we can get on the ground soon,” Bakti said.

Local daily newspaper Kompas reported that families of the missing had begun a search mission themselves, frustrated with the slow response.