Rescuers expanded their search for a missing plane to the sea today, after senior Indonesian officials mistakenly said yesterday that the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.

Rescuers today found the smouldering wreckage of an Indonesian plane that crashed into mountains during a storm killing at least 90 people.

Officials said today that 90 people on board an Indonesian aeroplane which crashed yesterday were killed, while the remaining 12 on board survived.

An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 102 people disappeared in stormy weather today, and rescue teams were sent to search an area where military aviation officials feared the Boeing 737-400 aircraft may have crashed.

A commercial Adam Air passenger plane lost contact with flight controllers today as it flew between Indonesia's Java and Sulawesi islands, the company's chief executive said.