Russian plane with 50 aboard missing outside Jakarta

A new Russian-made civilian plane carrying 50 people went missing in Indonesia while flying over mountains Wednesday during a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists, officials said.

Search and rescue teams were heading to the area just south of the capital, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation. Bad weather, however, forced at least two helicopters to turn back.

The Sukhoi Superjet-100 took off from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at 2:21 p.m. (3:21 a.m. EDT).

It dropped off the radar 21 minutes later near the Salak mountain range, after the crew asked air traffic control for permission to descend from 3,000 meters to 1,800 meters.

No explanation was given for the sudden change of course. Though drizzling at the time, it was not stormy.

“I saw a big plane passing just over my house,” Juanda, a villager who lives near the 2,200-meter mountain, told the local station TVOne.

“It was veering a bit to one side, the engine roaring,” she said. “It seemed to be heading toward Salak, but I didn't hear an explosion or anything.”

Rear Marshal Daryatmo, chief of the national search and rescue agency, said several diplomats from the Russian Embassy, potential buyers from major Indonesian airlines and journalists were on board what was supposed to be a 50-minute demonstration flight – the second of the day.

Together with the Russian crew, the plane was carrying 50 people, said Sunaryo, from PT Trimarga Rekatama, the company that was responsible for the guest list. (Like many Indonesians, both Sunaryo and Daryatmo use only one name.)

Though the air search was called off by early evening, soldiers, police and members of the air force had joined the land-based rescue efforts. They were expected to continue through the night, but the terrain was rough and difficult to navigate after darkness fell.

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The earlier best opening weekend was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which opened in July 2011 with $169m. No additional big films dared go up next to it, with merely the British film the most excellent Exotic Marigold Hotel being released on the same day.

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