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Article: Indonesia uncertain about metal objects detected in Makassar strait
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 9, 2007
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Indonesia uncertain about metal objects detected in Makassar
strait
JAKARTA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government cannot yet
confirm that metal objects detected by a naval vessel on Monday are
parts of the Adam Air jetliner that went missing in bad weather last
week en route from Java to Manado in North Sulawesi with 102 people
on board, a cabinet minister said.
"No sign of the Adam Air plane has so far been found although the
naval vessel KRI Fatahillah detected metal objects in Makassar Strait
waters yesterday," Antara news agency quoted Transportation Minister
Hatta Rajasa as saying here on Tuesday.
The government and the search and rescue (SAR) team could not yet
confirm that ...