Indonesia insists plane wreck still not found

INDONESIA’S transportation minister yesterday said rescuers had not found the wreckage of a missing passenger jetliner, despite earlier statements from aviation and police officials that it had been located.

The Adam Air Boeing 737 carrying 102 people sent out two distress signals in stormy weather on Monday. Flight KI-574 was about halfway through its two-hour journey from Indonesia’s main island of Java to Manado, on the northern tip of Sulawesi, one of the largest islands in the sprawling archipelago.

Three of those aboard were American citizens, the US Embassy said. A US transportation safety board team was to arrive on Friday to offer assistance.