Search and rescue teams climbed through mist-shrouded, steep terrain on Friday to reach the site where a Russian-made plane crashed days before. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 - Russia's first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago - was supposed to kick-start the nation's efforts to modernise its fleet and resurrect its neglected aerospace industry.All 45 people on board are feared dead after the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 roared into the side of an Indonesian volcano at nearly 480 miles per hour (800 kilometres per hour) on Wednesday, blowing apart and raining debris down a nearly vertical slope.
Indonesia Search and Rescue Teams in Jungle near Site of Crashed Russian Plane
07:39 GMT 11.05.2012 (Updated: 19:55 GMT 19.10.2022)
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Search and rescue teams climbed through mist-shrouded, steep terrain on Friday to reach the site where a Russian-made plane crashed days before. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 - Russia's first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago - was supposed to kick-start the nation's efforts to modernise its fleet and resurrect its neglected aerospace industry.All 45 people on board are feared dead after the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 roared into the side of an Indonesian volcano at nearly 480 miles per hour (800 kilometres per hour) on Wednesday, blowing apart and raining debris down a nearly vertical slope.
