Russian team in town for plane crash investigation

A Russian investigative commission has arrived in Jakarta to determine the cause of Russia-made Sukhoi Super Jet 100 plane crash that occurred in West Java on Wednesday.

“The Russian side, together with Indonesian partners, is ready to take an active part in the investigation process to determine the cause of the tragedy,” the Russian Embassy said in a press statement made available on Friday.
“With this aim, a group of Russian experts from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the Interstate Aviation Committee, the JSC [United Aircraft Corporation] and the SCA [Sukhoi Civil Aircraft] arrived in Jakarta.”
The embassy's press attaché Dmitry Solodov said the commission arrived at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and would be staying until there were results.
The investigative commission’s spokesman Vladimir Markin earlier said the commission would look into possible criminal cases stemming from the plane crash by investigating, among others, technicians who prepared the plane for the demonstration flight and Sukhoi Civil Aircrafts employees responsible for the Sukhoi project.
The Russia-made aircraft, which took off from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in East Jakarta, went missing on Wednesday afternoon.

An Air Force helicopter found the wreckage from the crash at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, at a height of 5,500 feet, in the foothills of Mt. Salak in Cidahu, Sukabumi, West Java.
The plane, which carried 45 passengers in a demonstration flight, was found to have suffered “major damages”.
A search and rescue team is expected to start recovering bodies from the crash site today. (http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/11/russian-team-town-plane-crash-investigation.html)