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Rescue teams scour for plane

JAKARTA: An Adam Air flight that went missing over Indonesia with more than 100 passengers onboard probably crashed, a military airport official said on Monday.

Rescue teams were searching for the Boeing 737-400 aircraft that sent out a distress signal flying in bad weather between the islands of Java and Sulawesi.

Eddy Suyanto, military airport chief in South Sulawesi, said the type of signal sent by the plane indicated ``a big chance it had an accident or a crash.''

Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said a radio communication was picked up over central Sulawesi and emergency crews were on their way to search for survivors. It was unknown if it was over sea or land, but the Navy was contacted about a possible sea rescue operation. — AP

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