http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Indonesia/10094901.html
Published: 06/01/2007 12:00 AM (UAE) Ill-fated Indonesian jetliner changed course twice AP Makassar: The pilot of a missing Indonesian jetliner had twice altered his flight path due to bad weather before the plane disappeared from radar, an official said yesterday, as US experts arrived to probe the apparent crash. The Adam Air Boeing 737 carrying 102 people, including an American man and his two daughters, did not issue a mayday, and there has been no emergency location signal to guide thousands of rescuers fanning out across Sulawesi island's dense jungles and choppy waters. With no sign of wreckage, they extended their sea search south toward the resort island of Bali, in the belief that five days of strong currents may have washed debris or bodies hundreds of kilometres away, said aviation expert Dudi Sudibyo. It remained unclear yesterday what may have caused Flight KI-574 to crash. "Whatever happened to the plane, it was likely rapid and catastrophic," said US-based airline pilot and aviation commentator Patrick Smith. The plane left Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday for Manado city on Sulawesi, but altered its flight path westward halfway into the two-hour flight after being warned of rough weather near the Sulawesi city of Makassar, said Eddy Suyanto, head of the search and rescue mission. But when it ran into 130 km/h winds over the Makassar Strait it changed course again, bringing the plane eastward toward land and then disappearing from the radar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
