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| Airline hunt spots metal in sea | |
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| Large metal objects that may be the wreckage of a missing Indonesian jet have been located on the seabed, an Indonesian navy commander says. | Large metal objects that may be the wreckage of a missing Indonesian jet have been located on the seabed, an Indonesian navy commander says. |
| First Admiral Gatot Subyanto said the metal had been detected in three locations by Indonesian naval ships off the west coast of Sulawesi. | First Admiral Gatot Subyanto said the metal had been detected in three locations by Indonesian naval ships off the west coast of Sulawesi. |
| He said it was not clear what the metal was, but a US navy ship was due to arrive with better detection equipment. | |
| The Boeing 737 disappeared from radars a week ago carrying 102 people. | The Boeing 737 disappeared from radars a week ago carrying 102 people. |
| A massive air, land and sea operation is under way to look for the Adam Air flight that went down on its way from Java to the northern Sulawesi town of Manado. | |
| Meanwhile, there has been some good news in the hunt for survivors of a ferry disaster off the Javan coast nine days ago. | |
| Fourteen people have been rescued by a passing ship. | |
| This brings to around 250 survivors picked up so far - less than half the number of passengers believed to have been on board at the time it sank. | |
| Three sites | |
| First Admiral Subyanto said naval ships combing the seas off Mamuju on Sulawesi's western coast for the missing jet had detected the metal objects on the seabed. | |
| "There were large metal objects at three different points, "he told the AFP news agency. | |
| "The thing is, what these metal objects are, we cannot say. We do not have the necessary equipment." | |
| A US Navy ship carrying sonar equipment is expected to arrive in the area on Tuesday. | |
| "We will direct them to the site," he told El Shinta radio. |