Moscow (Antara Bali) - The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the crash of Russian aircraft in Indonesia, in which survivors from the at least 45 people on board have yet to be found.
Committe spokesman Vladimir Markin said the investigation into the crash of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 commercial aircraft started Thursday.
"As part of the criminal case, investigators will have to analyze the procedure of the crew's training before the flight and to assess technical conditions of the airplane itself before it left Russia," he told reporters.
Technicians who prepared the plane for the flight and employees of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA) responsible for the Superjet 100 project would be questioned, he said.
The investigation had been ordered by new Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Taking off from Indonesian airbase Halim Perdana Kusuma in East Jakarta, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 lost contact at 14:25 local time (0725 GMT) Wednesday while trying to descend from 10,000 feet to 6,000 feet near a small airport in Bogor on its way back to the airbase.
A search spotted wreckage from the missing plane on the side of Gunung Salak mountain in West Java's Bogor regency on Thursday morning.
According to an Indonesian official, rescuers have arrived at the scene of the crash and found dead bodies, but so far no survivors.
SCA President Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk told reporters the plane carried 45 people, including eight Russians, a Frenchman, a U.S. citizen, two Italian citizens, and 33 Indonesians.
Other reports on the number of people on board have varied between 46 and 50.(*/T007)
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Committe spokesman Vladimir Markin said the investigation into the crash of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 commercial aircraft started Thursday.
"As part of the criminal case, investigators will have to analyze the procedure of the crew's training before the flight and to assess technical conditions of the airplane itself before it left Russia," he told reporters.
Technicians who prepared the plane for the flight and employees of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA) responsible for the Superjet 100 project would be questioned, he said.
The investigation had been ordered by new Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Taking off from Indonesian airbase Halim Perdana Kusuma in East Jakarta, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 lost contact at 14:25 local time (0725 GMT) Wednesday while trying to descend from 10,000 feet to 6,000 feet near a small airport in Bogor on its way back to the airbase.
A search spotted wreckage from the missing plane on the side of Gunung Salak mountain in West Java's Bogor regency on Thursday morning.
According to an Indonesian official, rescuers have arrived at the scene of the crash and found dead bodies, but so far no survivors.
SCA President Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk told reporters the plane carried 45 people, including eight Russians, a Frenchman, a U.S. citizen, two Italian citizens, and 33 Indonesians.
Other reports on the number of people on board have varied between 46 and 50.(*/T007)
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