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| The wreckage of a missing Indonesian plane has been located in mountains 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. |
| The Adam Air plane was en route from Surabaya in Java to Manado in northern Sulawesi when it came down on Monday. | |
| Officials said 90 of the 96 passengers and six crew on board the Boeing 737-400 were dead. The condition of the 12 survivors is unknown. | Officials said 90 of the 96 passengers and six crew on board the Boeing 737-400 were dead. The condition of the 12 survivors is unknown. |
| Correspondents said rescue work was likely to take time because of the rough terrain. | |
| Medical services were several hours away and helicopters brought in to help were unable to take off because of bad weather, said the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta. | |
| Three US nationals were on the plane, the American embassy in Jakarta confirmed. There is no word about any other foreign passengers. | |
| The crash site is near the town of Polewali in western Sulawesi. | |
| "Ninety people have been confirmed dead but we do not know the condition of the others," said the head of Polewali Mandar region, Ali Baal Masdar. | |
| Local police chief Colonel Genot Hariyanto said the plane had been destroyed and there were "many bodies". | |
| Bad weather | |
| The 17-year-old aircraft left Surabaya in Java at 1300 local time (0600 GMT) on Monday 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 the plane sent out two distress calls when it was an hour away from its destination, in very poor weather conditions. | |
| The plane had its last safety inspection on 25 December. | The plane had its last safety inspection on 25 December. |
| 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, started flying 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. | 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. | Adam Air is one of at least a dozen budgets airlines to begin operations since the air industry was deregulated in 1999. |
| Indonesia has a chequered flight safety record which includes 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. |