learning has fifty passengers on it it disappeared off the radar as during a demonstrated flight in jakarta today it's already gotten dark over there it's raining and the visibility is not great there is fog so the helicopters are no longer looking for the plane the search has now been restricted to ground crew as the search is happening about thirty two miles outside of jakarta in a very rough mountainous area is what is the way that it's being described so they're obviously many challenges there the helicopters will start searching again for the plane at dawn the plane went missing twenty minutes into the demonstration members of the crew asked for permission to descend but now no one on the plane can be reached and the aircraft is not responding to health i believe we have a picture from someone who was supposed to be on the plane and it shows the path of the plane plants a. mountain and. it began a second slide by but it suddenly changed course and headed south and then the plane began to descend and dropped out of contact we did get a chance to talk to the press secretary of the united

with us here on our to today on rory sushi straight to our breaking news story here authorities in jakarta such ing for a russian passenger plane after all communications with the aircraft were lost made flight let's not get the latest marty to appreciate are standing by for us now in new delhi priya it has been several hours now since contact with the plane was last any news that we know of as of what's happened. we still don't know exactly what happened already the indonesian authorities are still searching for that russian's to go i superjet one hundred the plane we now are learning are learning has fifty passengers on it it disappeared off the radar as during a demonstrated light in jakarta today it's already gotten dark over there it's raining and the visibility is not great there is fog so the helicopters are no longer looking for the plane the search has now been restricted to ground crew as the search is happening about thirty two miles outside of jakarta in a very rough mountainous area is what is the way that it's being described so they're obviously many challenges there the hel

any information from the aviation and or rescue officials in jakarta about the possible causes for the plane's disappearance. you know information just yet obviously you know the investigators are still out there trying to figure out exactly what happened it seems as though it could have been human error that caused whatever whatever we whatever could have happened we actually talked to a pilot who has experience flying in this very rough mountainous area and here's what he had to say about flying there. i used to fly in jakarta it has a very difficult terrain there's an one thousand six thousand one hundred fifty eight feet high it's very difficult we study this because we're professionals the pilot must have seen the mountain because the plane is very modern it's equipped with all the latest in the quick meant the most likely cause is a human factor or error of some kind but the investigation will establish the exact cause of. so obvious if. he just got out and i pointed out earlier this was a very mountainous region and there was a mountain very close to the airplane when it fell of

you have it all is a constant i used to fly in jakarta it has a very difficult terrain there's in one thousand six thousand one hundred fifty eight feet high it's very difficult we study this because we're professionals the pilot must have seen the mountain because the plane is very modern it's equipped with all the latest in the quick meant the most likely cause is a human factor or error of some kind but the investigation will establish the exact cause of a problem so obvious it is. now i see just a bit out and i pointed out earlier this was a very mountainous region and there was a mountain very close to the airplane when it fell off the radar so there is some speculation that perhaps it could have crashed into the mountain but obviously the authorities and when the investigation is complete will know that the real answer obviously prove as a lot of our speculation at this point that we do want to stand on this. one hundred is the latest cutting edge technology the fly by wire system of some saying it should be the the envy of the aviation industry have there been any problems in t

passenger is on it and disappeared off the radar as you mentioned during that demonstrated flight in jakarta j m it's already bottoms are over there it's around eight o'clock at night and it's raining the visibility is bad we're hearing that there is bob so the helicopters are actually no longer searching for the plane but the search is still going on of just being restricted to ground crew as the plane went missing twenty minutes into the demonstration members of the crew actually asked for permission by the aviation authorities to descend but now no one on the plane can be reached in the aircraft is not responding to hale's we actually got a chance to catch up with the prospects for terry of the united aircraft corporation which is the company that built that plane let's take a little listen to what she had to say about what's going on. microcomputer peter superjet one hundred was conducting its second demonstration flight and indonesia the first flight went without a hitch flights were carried out from the same airport in jakarta before the second fled the plane underwent required mainten

today the breaking news story is that both ortiz and jakarta are searching for a russian passenger plane after all communications with the craft were lost made flight now let's cross over to prius rita standing by for us now in new delhi priya it has been several hours now since contact with the plane was lost or any news from your end on what's actually happened. that's a worry well indonesian authorities are still searching for that plane it's a russian sukhoi superjet one hundred the plane had forty four passengers on it and disappeared off the radar as you mentioned during that demonstrated flight in jakarta a day it's already buttons are over there it's around eight o'clock at night and it's raining the visibility is bad we're hearing that there is bob so the helicopters are actually no longer searching for the plane but the search is still going on of just being restricted to ground crew as the plane went missing twenty minutes into the demonstration members of the crew actually asked for permission by the aviation authorities to descend but now no one on the plane can be reached i

with us here today on rule re sushi and straight to our breaking news this hour the authorities in jakarta searching for a russian passenger plane off the old communications with the aircraft were lost mid flight let's not get the latest from. joining us live here on the program pretty good to see you any news now on what has actually happened to this missing plane. apparently we've lost the connection with arteries a prius reader in new delhi we will try and reestablish the connection here on. drugs for that and grateful for your patience the sukhoi superjet one hundred was on a demonstration flight near the city it went missing while returning to the port authorities say the plane may have crashed or possibly even been hijacked a search operation is currently underway it's the first such incident involving the brand new russian plane which made its first flight in two thousand and seven one that it will be updating us so with all the very latest developments on the story do stay with us here on our table. now these two project one of one hundred is the first civil aircraft designed and m

has forty four passengers on it and it disappeared off the radars during a demonstrated flight in jakarta today it's already gotten dark over there it's nighttime it's actually raining and there are reports of the visibility isn't looking so good so we're hearing that the helicopters are actually no longer looking for the plane the search has been restricted to ground crews the plane actually went missing twenty minutes into the demonstration members of the crew actually asked the aviation authorities for permission to do that but now no one on the plane can be reached and the aircraft is not responding to hale's i believe we talked to the press secretary of the united aircraft corporation that's the company that actually built the plane so let's take a listen to what she had to say about everything that's going on there. miner proposed. project one hundred one was conducting its second demonstration flight in indonesia the first flight went without a hitch ball flights were carried out from the same airport in jakarta before the second fled the plane underwent required maintenance and wa

all right thanks very much for bringing us the very latest our correspondent reporting from jakarta. and still had for this hour here on r t the financial crisis budget cuts in the u.s. forced people to leave their homes and even seek legal solutions to find out more just a few minutes. to large explosions have shaken damascus syrian state t.v. says dozens could be dead or wounded the capital has recently been struck by a number of blast mainly targeted military installations on wednesday a roadside bomb exploded near a monitor's convoy in the city of the raw casting doubt on the future of the rover mission in the country the u.n. envoy to syria warned his peace plan is the last chance to avoid the civil war brian backer from anti-war coalition says until rebel stopped receiving weapons from abroad violence will continue. you have to look at the bombing and see who is the material beneficiary from the continued escalation of violence and i would have to say it's not the syrian government but those who are for mental and civil war in syria that would be parts of the armed opposition a

that's right bill it's early morning on a friday here in jakarta i was just at the to mastic airport where the russians to poison bridge at one hundred took off on wednesday for a thirty minute demonstration flight as part of an asian tour are already done one demonstration flight that day but it went off the radars about twenty minutes into the flight and no one was able to track it down on the last that anyone heard from the plane was that the crew wanted to do and no one was able to hear from that plane for a day and then early this morning many people's worst fears here in jakarta did come true when four helicopters that were filled with indonesian air force found the plane on top of the mountain near a dormant volcano now this region that the airplane actually crashed in is very treacherous it's very it's almost considered a vertical track to go to reach that is this rakic site so actually no rescue teams have actually been able to make it to this site so while authorities are saying that there are no signs of survivors they actually haven't even the been able to recover any of

haven't even be able to recover any of the bodies yet and there has just been mass chaos here in jakarta many families gathering at the airport hoping for some word on their loved ones and hoping to find some bodies that this search is really not able to happen at night time so it will resume once again in the morning it's a very new plane it was the first commercial plane built by russia since the end of the soviet union the first plane was built in two thousand and seven and nothing like this is after happened before indonesia actually made a deal to buy a three hundred eighty million dollars deal this past august to buy several of the aircraft which is one of the reasons that it was here doing this sort of task to determine its performance here in jakarta so it's a little bit too early to tell at this point how it's going to that the business aspect of the super super jet one hundred i think for now most people are concerned with we're covering the bodies and finding out exactly what happened. and you can get the latest updates on the plane crash in indonesia from a website you don't

one hundred that was going to take place in jakarta yesterday on this was all part of an asian air show the plane had already gone to kazakhstan and me on mar and was set to head to laos and vietnam nat's there were several indonesian passengers on that airplane as well and many of their family members spent the night at the airport waiting to hear word from the rescue the rescuers of what had happened to the plane and we're getting pictures in from the now many of them are grieving it's a tragic day here in jakarta obviously a huge loss of life and the rescuers it's in a very mountainous area the plane actually crashed on a mountain which is a dormant volcano so it's taken teams almost three hours to get there on only just now are they starting to reach the actual crash. cover those bodies. as you mentioned earlier. the region so how had it been fairing before this tragedy. nothing like this is happened before with the russians one hundred on this is the first commercial aircraft built in russia since the end of the soviet union it was built in two thousand and seven and the first task

superjet one hundred has gone missing during a flight over with fifty people on board authorities in jakarta are searching for the craft but the operations being complicated by nightfall and bad weather officials say the plane may have crashed but they are not ruling out of possible hijacking. and we do have the latest pictures of the line of that are being posted by russian blogger i will get you those pictures of for you shortly here on our do you bear in mind we also are posting all of this information on dot com here we have the latest sukhoi superjet one hundred alternately it was on a sales pitch in asia carrying out its second demonstration flight of the day the russian crew is mostly russian over there also at least thirty six international passage of passengers on board a fifty totaling the number of people onboard that plane research efforts and certainly investigators focusing around a mountain about thirty two miles away from jakarta as we've been reporting here on r t it's nighttime there now helicopters in the search and rescue have been grounded for now we'll keep you posted o

jakarta now this mountain is range is very difficult to get to in fact the only way for people to get to the site of the crash itself is to repel down to the side from a helicopter so very difficult to get to at this moment in time now one thing that we do very very important information that is coming in is that from the time that the plane disappeared from the radar until the actual the distance to where the wreckage has been found a clock that at one point four kilometers which is a distance of about eight seconds of flight time so not much time and a lot of focus and attention is going to be spent on what happened of course immediately before that which caused that plane to descend from ten thousand to six thousand feet and then immediately following in that aftermath in that eight seconds to what caused that plane to crash into that mountainside as you mentioned before unfortunately at this moment believing there are no survivors. all right well going on to the next question now as we know the super. flagship for russian every nation and a lot of hopes were invested in it as well

all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest from jakarta our correspondent. of course. monitoring the situation there and will bring you the latest as we gather what you watching our team coming to life from moscow still ahead for you this hour. the financial crisis and budget cuts in the u.s. for people to leave their homes and even seek legal solutions help find out more in just a few minutes. now two largest logins have shaken damascus dozens are said to be dead and wounded these blasts are the latest in a spate of violence in syria despite the apparent ceasefire we now get the latest from our correspondent in syria say or so sara the blaster and the other blow to the u.n. backed peace plan so what are the details can you tell us more. well this explosion happened around. the damascus we actually from the sense that the math just felt the loss from our hotel a lot of people in the stands realize that something had happened now this is in the. area of damascus is slightly outside of damascus on the road to the airport and it's a lot of civilian areas you've

this classroom is located in the suburb of jakarta in central japan.he fee of $30 a month isn't cheap. but parents say it is a price worth paying. >> translator: we just hope that our children won't be like us. we want them to be smart. >> translator: it would have been impossible to open a classroom near three or four years ago because the area wasn't so rich then. indonesian parents strongly think that if they can provide a good education for their children, their future will be wealthier. >> reporter: shifa has been studying at the school for 2 1/2 years. she's in the third grade of elementary school. but the material she's studying is third grade junior high. kumon encourages students to study at their own pace. like shifa, many advance beyond their school grade. >> translator: sometimes it is difficult to answer questions for junior high students, but i'm enjoying the self-learning style. i prefer it. >> reporter: shifa keeps studying, even after she gets home. her mother says these days she can afford to spend more on her daughter's education. >>

the plane was low on fuel in fact by the time the plane was supposed to land back at the airport in jakarta the fuel supposed to be spent so there could be a problem with that as well. to thirteen is in indonesia or know the area and the terrain very well just how difficult could it be to find that a. well certainly a lot harder than people might think because of the terrain in fact the mountains south of jakarta are volcanic some of them are very high and surrounding those mountains are hills valleys rocky terrain there are some plantations in the area lots of rivers but even those rivers aren't what you might expect as a river valley they are rocky type areas that aren't really easy to navigate now the good news is is that it is a densely populated island there are people everywhere so if something did. up into this plane there will be someone who has seen it and authorities are hoping that they can get in touch with those people some time when the search resumes in the morning have there being any problems with the sukhoi superjet in the pole. well not really this is actually a brand new

of the reasons that it was here doing this sort of this has to determine its performance here in jakarta so it's a little bit too early to tell at this point how it's going to that the business aspect of the super super jet one hundred i think for now most people are concerned with recovering the bodies and finding out exactly what happened. the latest updates on the sukhoi jet crash in indonesia at our website or to dot com there is plenty more to put away right now putting this strange activity at a suspected nuclear site to find out just what iran could be up to. was. a war in the she will not let your of like loosen its belt one notch saying it could tip the eurozone in. an economic abyss. and the sixty seventh anniversary of nazi germany's downfall watch moscow's victory day parade commemorating the event on are you to travel why are there you can check out all the other videos we have for you right now. russian president vladimir putin will sit out the g eight summit due to take place in the u.s. state of maryland next friday putin says he's too busy appointing his new cabinet dmit

research efforts and certainly investigators focusing around a mountain about thirty two miles away from jakarta as we've been reporting here on r t it's nighttime there now or so helicopters in the search and rescue have been grounded for now we'll keep you posted on this developing breaking news story here on r.t. of course for now though we turn to syria where reports of violence continue despite the u.n. backed peace plan historian and political analyst a p.r. for c.n.n. who recently returned from the country says the same powers who are backing the un peace initiative are also the ones who are fueling the conflict. today we're sitting down with peter pitchin he's a historian and political analyst specializing on the arab world he's traveled extensively to the countries that have gone through some so-called arab spring and he's also written extensively on these countries the most recent one being syria thanks very much for joining us today thank you and the first question we'd like to deal with we've been to syria the most latest country you've had for a couple of times what was your goal in

has more from jakarta.i was just at the domestic airport where the russian sukhoi superjet one hundred took off on wednesday for a thirty minute demonstration flight as part of an asian tour amid it already done one demonstration flight that day but it went off the radars about twenty minutes into the flight and no one was able to track it down and the last that anyone heard from the plane was that the crew wanted to descend and no one was able to hear from that plane for a day and then early this morning many people's worst fears here in jakarta did come true one four helicopters that were filled with indonesian air force found the plane on top of the mountain near a dormant volcano now this region that the airplane actually crashed in is very treacherous it's almost considered a vertical track it's a very new plane it was the first commercial plane built by russia since the end of the soviet union the first plane was built in two thousand and seven and nothing like this is our have been before indonesia a

reports from jakarta. the authorities have said that there is no sign of any survivors but it's been extremely confusing the search operation because it's taking place thirty miles outside of jakarta in a very mountainous treacherous region so actually at one point people in the rescue had quarters were hearing that the searchers had found bodies but that's not the case that's not what we're hearing anymore so there's been a lot of confusion. as of the passenger is that many of the indonesians on that airplane and informed of the fate of the plane that the plane actually crashed into a mountain where there was a dormant volcano and so obviously there's a lot of. crisis center that's been set up in the airport where the russian jet one hundred took off obviously yesterday everyone was wondering what hop into this airplane when it disappeared off the radar twenty minutes after it took off there was talk that perhaps even behind because the emergency beacon that should have gone off if the airplane had crashe

i am george thomas reporting for cbn news, from jakarta, indonesia. >>> coming up, iranian intelligencegents target church groups and pastors are paying the price. >> china is letting political about vis chen guangcheng apply for a past port. two weeks ago chinese officials said he could come to america to study. he and family have been stuck in a hospital this time. the house of representatives held a second hearing about his plight. paul strand has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: stark testimony from a chinese woman forced to undergo five abortions. >> if anyone skipped exam nation that she wasn't pregnant. we were able to collect a salary only if it was found we were not pregnant. >> authorities forced the women to spy on each other and turn pregnant women in. >> two of my pregnancies were reported by my colleagues to the family planning commission. when discovered, pregnant woman dragged and undergo forced abortions. no other choice. we had no dignity as potential child bearers. >> women are treated as criminals if they have a child without explicit government permission. >> th

jakarta's so-called better elements, including academics from the university of chicago, progressive civic organizations. in particular the publishers of the two major newspapers were determined to thwart an every turn. here we see victor slauson of the chicago daily news. these two did not see eye to eye on much, but they did agree that thompson was a corrupt person danger still long-term prospects . the most insidious enemy was frank aladdin the, the highly respected governor of illinois, a former friend of the mayor he had been elected governor in 1916 by striking a deal with the organization for their political support. now that he was actually in the state house to consider himself of machine politics. so naturally they regarded him as a trader. in a particular spot in 1919. he had his eye on the republican nomination in the 1920 presidential alexian. to have any hope of success you'd have to cultivate a release not solely alienate his former friend who would be an important power broker at the nominating convention. so he found themselves shutting a thin line to my hoping to ke

for more, we are joined from jakarta. now that the flight recorder has been found, what are investigators saying? how soon will they be able to release the contents? >> in a nationally televised press conference about an hour ago, indonesian official said that the contents of the black box will be revealed within the next three weeks, between two weeks to three weeks. indonesian's had been firm about the fact that they are leading the investigation. they say the russians are assisting them. the black box will stay in indonesia. there was speculation it may ussia.ts way to ra they have said they will lead the investigation. there is a russian team assisting. indonesia will be the one to analyze the contents of the black box and reveal the details. >> what are investigators saying? any particular details they would want to hear from the pilots or copilots minutes before the crash took place? >> i think the big mystery centers on why the pilot was allowed to descend from 10,000 feet to 6,000 feet. officials have told us that

nhk world, jakarta. >>> turning to singapore, where this week is all about fashion. young designers from across asia are competing to make a name for themselves. and singapore also hopes to establish a reputation as asia's capital of style. mark ho reports. >> reporter: models are strutting down the runways as part of a series of events in a launch into a leading fashion club. singapore fashion exchange is an annual event designed to turn the city into a cutting-edge industry. on monday, 12 promising designers from out of east asian countries, japan and south korea presented their collections. the event could also help boost tourism. new middle-class consumers from across the region flocked to singapore to shop for global fashion brands. >> it takes time to develop ourselves as the fashion hub. but i think we're slowly but surely getting that. we have all these events, and the rest of asia look to singapore. >> reporter: through events like these, singapore is trying to attract more apparel companies and nurture a new generation of home-grown designers. mark ho, nhk

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these children performing at the concert in jakarta didn't only make the melodies, they also composedhe music. ♪ demand for music lessons is increasing every year. japanese musical instrument firm yamaha has more than 35,000 students at its music schools in indonesia. classes for young children cost over $40 a month, but that hasn't deterred parts from enrolling their kids. >> translator: we want to stimulate his creativity through music. >> translator: music can be her hobby or even her source of income in the future, if she's food at it. >> reporter: increasing numbers of indonesian families are more than $3,000 a year. that officially makes them middle class, able to enjoy the benefits of more disposable income. >> translator: the number of students is increasing by around 15% to 20% a year. the middle class is very important for us. and we'll grow even more in the future. >> reporter: the education boom isn't limited to the capital. kumon is a school from japan where students receive extra education after school. it has 570 classrooms and more than 110,000 students across indonesi

embassy and the beam in jakarta to bring peter home when recovere recovered. researchers have removed bodies from the crash site but heavy milingt mist in the mountains dlaiingt effort. >> all right thank you. >> elaborate scheme to defraud elderly chinese women may have been derailed tonight by san francisco police. they detained 6 people at sfo who were about to fly out of the country. heather is live at the police station with the story. heather? >>reporter: investigators aren't talking tonight but we have been able to confirm what could be a major break in the case. san francisco police confirm 6 pwreem detained at sfo this afternoon as they were getting ready to board a plane bound for hong kong. police inspectors went to the airport to question them in connection with a scheme targeting older chinese women. that investigation has been going on since march. in april police released these sketches of 6 suspects can't niece speaking women in their 40's. police say they approached the victims when they were out walking alone. suspect convince the victims to

it was south of jakarta. >> these are thought pictures pictures of the jet. it was the second flight of the day. the first one landed safely back on base. less than an hour later, the pilots lost contact with the air traffic controllers. thele second flight took a different route from the first, but it is not clear why. this is an immense tragedy for indonesia. most of the people on the plane were indonesians. the president has called for a thorough investigation. >> the airplane crashed at the edge of salek mountain. i have spoken directly to our officer in the field. it was found around 1.5 kilometers from the predicted site. an investigation must be done immediately and thoroughly. search and rescue operations must prioritize finding people on board. >> but versions take time, and that is little comfort to the relatives who have been waiting at the airport for more information ever since they heard of the russian-made plane's disappearance. people here are devastated. this was meant to be a promotional flight, and many weren't even meant to be on this plan

so shy while we know about the rescue operation so far well it is currently morning in jakarta and the region where the sukhoi superjet went down in fact what we do know is that air force officials are confirming that they have found the wreckage of the plane including parts of the fuselage which they believe have the markers of the company which built the plane so they're pretty sure that they have found that actual wreckage site now through the night while it was too dark for helicopters to get up into this area more than eight hundred military officials and policemen and volunteers that worked through the night to try and get to that scene on foot from the three different search locations around the mountain this is mt sol which is near bogor which is south of jakarta indonesia they found the wreckage at an elevation of fifty five hundred feet on that mountain which is actually a volcano as well now they don't know the condition of the plane fully they don't know what is exactly happened that investigation is now forthcoming as they actually try and get to the site as part of this r

embassy and the beam in jakarta to bring peter home when recovere recovered.te but heavy milingt mist in the mountains dlaiingt effort. >> all right thank you. >> elaborate scheme to defraud elderly chinese women may have beenn may have ed tonight by san francisco police. they detained 6 people at sfo who were about to fly out of the country. heather is live at the police station with the story. heather? >>reporter: investigators aren't talking tonight but we have been able to confirm what could be a major break in the case. san francisco police confirm 6 pwreem detained at sfo this afternoon as they were getting ready to board a plane bound for hong kong. police inspectors went to the airport to question them in connection with a scheme targeting older chinese women. that investigation has been going on since march. in april police released these sketches of 6 suspects can't niece speaking women in their 40's. police say they approached the victims when they were out walking alone. suspect convince the victims to give them their jewelry for purification. inve

reporting from jakarta. >> at least five people have been killed on a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. the suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into the police station in kandahar province. another six police officers were wounded in the attack. the british culture secretary hunt defended his handling news corp's takeover into b.y.b. he said he was sympathetic to the bid made by rupert murdoch but it didn't make him unsuitable to rule on it. the aircraft is on its way back to earth after its landmark mission to the international space station. the first privately-owned shuttle was released by a robotic arm. it is due 16:00 g.m.t. now a massive mann hunt is under way in canada after human body parts were sent in the post to two political parties. 29-year-old luca has been named by police in montreal as their main suspect. one of the blood-soaked packages containing a human foot was sent to the offices of canada's governing conservative parties. we report. >> luca has a long and controversial profile on the internet under several on a demonstrational flight after the flight cr

hundred has gone missing during a flight over indonesia with forty four people on board authorities in jakarta for the craft but the operations being complicated by nightfall and bad weather officials say the plane may have crashed but are not ruling out a possible hijacking now let's get to the latest pictures that we have of the airline and now a posted by russian blogger who was supposed to be on the flight decided not to go the supergiant was on a sales pitch in asia and was carrying out his second demonstration flight of the day of the crew is mostly russian but there are also thirty six international passengers on board the search effort is now focusing around a mountainous region some thirty two miles away from jakarta do stay with us here on our t.v. for the latest on this developing story next as russia celebrates victory day and remembers all of those who died fighting the nazis in world war two it's a special report motherland calls. she stands fifty two meters tall with a sword eighty five she weighs eight thousand tons and is six meters tall of the most famous symbol of the united

locate the russian sukhoi superjet one hundred that went missing from radar signals yesterday here in jakarta the plane was actually found on mt sala which is actually a dormant volcano and as you pointed out it's very rocky terrain out there where the plane went missing it went missing twenty minutes into a demonstration and there are no there is there are no survivors at this point is why there is no sign of any survivors there have been conflicting reports of how many people were actually on the plane at one point we heard that there was forty eight but now someone that was actually supposed to be on that airplane and that great of the people that were said to have been on that plane actually didn't order that plane so now we're hearing that the number is actually forty five. eight russian citizens on the plane many indonesian passengers on that plane many people from major airlines around the world on this plane was part of an asian tour and had been to caught the don is not and me on mar indonesia had actually done a three hundred eighty million dollars deal for these russian superjet on