A Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 with around 50 people aboard went missing from radar screens during a promotional flight just south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on May 9. Wreckage suggested it had slammed into the side of a dormant volcano, with no initial signs of survivors from among the diplomats, businessmen, journalists, and crew.
Russian Airliner Crashes In Indonesia
![The Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane at Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in a May 9 photo.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ab490ea7-c85e-4989-8fa8-b74181d4eeaf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
1
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane at Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in a May 9 photo.
![A handout photo of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed as it took off for a demonstration flight on May 9 from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.](https://gdb.rferl.org/59f4a2a5-189e-4ffe-93a0-34d79fa00174_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
2
A handout photo of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed as it took off for a demonstration flight on May 9 from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.
![A view of the Sukhoi aircraft's wreckage on Mount Salak, in the West Java province of Indonesia, on May 10.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2b6d8a99-d32b-44e2-ac66-1d0556a6701e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
3
A view of the Sukhoi aircraft's wreckage on Mount Salak, in the West Java province of Indonesia, on May 10.
![Relatives of a passenger of the missing Sukhoi aircraft grieve as the ill-fated plane's passenger list is checked at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in Jakarta.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05c72b69-af18-4ec1-964d-d138d53f665e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
4
Relatives of a passenger of the missing Sukhoi aircraft grieve as the ill-fated plane's passenger list is checked at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in Jakarta.
![The plane's manufacturer, Sukhoi, is trying to enter the commercial aircraft market after years making military jets like the Su-35 and T-50 in this shot from a 2011 test flight.](https://gdb.rferl.org/685ea935-d779-436c-9d15-2213b870118d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
5
The plane's manufacturer, Sukhoi, is trying to enter the commercial aircraft market after years making military jets like the Su-35 and T-50 in this shot from a 2011 test flight.
![An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 like the one that crashed is seen landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on March 28.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c0197929-e937-473c-b595-294153aad9b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
6
An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 like the one that crashed is seen landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on March 28.
![Soldiers and members of a search-and-rescue team rushed to the crash site in hopes that some of the 50 or so passengers and crew survived.](https://gdb.rferl.org/387496bc-db70-4eb6-89f3-2313c096d6ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
7
Soldiers and members of a search-and-rescue team rushed to the crash site in hopes that some of the 50 or so passengers and crew survived.