Clearer weather allows for further search of Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash site

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Soldiers, who are part of a rescue team, search for victims in the the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft on the slopes of Mount Salak in Indonesia's West Java province, May 12. A rescue team found no survivors but several bodies on Thursday when it arrived at the crash site of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane that slammed into Mount Salak during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board, Wednesday.

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Relatives weep as they wait for the identification of victims.

Clearer weather finally allowed Indonesian helicopters to land Saturday and retrieve some remains of the 45 people aboard a Russian-made plane that crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight.

Investigators still have found no sign of the black box recorder that might explain why the new Sukhoi Superjet-100 slammed into Mount Salak about halfway through a 50-minute flight intended to woo potential Indonesian airline buyers on Wednesday.

-- Reported by the Associated Press

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A rescue team carries a body bag containing the remains of victims from the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash in Cijeruk of Indonesia's West Java province, May 12.

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