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The wreckage of a missing Indonesian plane has been located in a mountainous area in Polewali in the west of the island of Sulawesi. The wreckage of a missing Indonesian plane has been located in mountains in the west of the island of Sulawesi.
Contact was lost with the Adam Air plane en route from Surabaya in Java to Manado in northern Sulawesi on Sunday.Contact was lost with the Adam Air plane en route from Surabaya in Java to Manado in northern Sulawesi on Sunday.
Local officials said that almost all the 96 passengers and six crew on board the Boeing 737-400 were killed.Local officials said that almost all the 96 passengers and six crew on board the Boeing 737-400 were killed.
"The plane is destroyed and many bodies are around there," said local police chief Colonel Genot Hariyanto. "Ninety people have been confirmed dead but we do not know the condition of the others. The location is 700 metres high," said a local official.
Earlier, distress calls had been logged from a forest on Sulawesi and a point offshore in the Makassar Strait.Earlier, distress calls had been logged from a forest on Sulawesi and a point offshore in the Makassar Strait.
The aircraft left Surabaya in Java at 1300 local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday on a two-hour flight to Manado in northern Sulawesi. The 17-year-old aircraft left Surabaya in Java at 1300 local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday on a two-hour flight to Manado in northern Sulawesi.
The region has been subjected to high winds and severe storms in the last few days. About 400 people are still missing after a passenger ship sank off Java on Saturday morning.The region has been subjected to high winds and severe storms in the last few days. About 400 people are still missing after a passenger ship sank off Java on Saturday morning.
Officials said contact was lost at 35,000ft, when the plane was an hour away from its destination.Officials said contact was lost at 35,000ft, when the plane was an hour away from its destination.
The BBC's Lucy Williamson says Indonesia has a chequered flight safety record including several major crashes.The BBC's Lucy Williamson says Indonesia has a chequered flight safety record including several major crashes.
Last year almost 150 people were killed when a plane crashed into a busy road shortly after taking off from Medan on the island of Sumatra.Last year almost 150 people were killed when a plane crashed into a busy road shortly after taking off from Medan on the island of Sumatra.
In Manado, capital of North Sulawesi province, hundreds of people gathered at the airport seeking information about their missing relatives.In Manado, capital of North Sulawesi province, hundreds of people gathered at the airport seeking information about their missing relatives.
Adam Air, a privately owned low-cost airline based in Jakarta, began operations in 2003. Adam Air, a privately owned low-cost airline based in Jakarta, started flying in 2003.
It was set up by Agung Laksono, the speaker of Indonesia's house of representatives.
Adam Air is one of at least a dozen budgets airlines to begin operations since the air industry was deregulated in 1999.