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Three Americans in Indonesian plane crash

02 Jan 2007 05:32:16 GMT
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JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Three American citizens were among the 102 people on board the plane that crashed in the mountains on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, the United States embassy in Jakarta said on Tuesday.

Ninety people were killed in the Adam Air crash and an airline official said twelve others had survived the ordeal. It is unclear whether the Americans were among the survivors.

"We can only confirm that there were three American citizens on the plane. We can't give more details about them," embassy official Shannon Quinn told Reuters.

The crash site is in rough terrain near Polewali town, 1,450 kilometres (900 miles) northeast of Jakarta. Villagers have reached the location while rescuers and transport safety experts were on their way.

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