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A section of a missing Indonesian plane has been discovered by a fisherman just off the coast of north-west Indonesia, search officials have said. | A section of a missing Indonesian plane has been discovered by a fisherman just off the coast of north-west Indonesia, search officials have said. |
A piece of the Boeing 737's tailfin was discovered in the Makassar Strait off Sulawesi Island. | |
None of plane's 102 passengers or crew has been found since it disappeared halfway through its flight from Java. | None of plane's 102 passengers or crew has been found since it disappeared halfway through its flight from Java. |
A search and rescue official said the serial number on the tail section matched that of the missing plane. | A search and rescue official said the serial number on the tail section matched that of the missing plane. |
The piece of the tail of Adam Air Flight KI-574 was found some 300km (185 miles) off the Sulawesi coast. | |
The plane disappeared more than 10 days ago after battling strong winds and twice changing course during the flight. | |
Search efforts for the wreckage had concentrated on the coast of Sulawesi with a US Navy ocean ship equipped with sonar scanning the seabed after reports of large metal objects in the sea. | |
The search and rescue effort has spanned an area of nearly 80,000 sq km (30,000 sq miles) as the plane vanished with no emergency distress call. |