Indonesian Rescuers Target Black Box in Search of Sukhoi Victims
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Indonesian rescuers are seeking the so-called black box flight recorder as they search for victims from the Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 plane that crashed into a mountainside three days ago with 45 people on board.
Bad weather is hampering efforts to airlift victims from a makeshift helipad about 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) above sea level on Mount Salak in West Java. Rescuers may have to continue by ground, said Sunarbowo Sandi, operational director at Indonesia’s National Search & Rescue Agency. Five body bags have been flown to Jakarta.