At least 90 die in Indonesian jet crash By ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescue teams Tuesday found the smoldering wreckage of an Indonesian jetliner that went missing over Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a storm, officials said. At least 90 of the 102 people on board were killed, a local official

"The plane is destroyed and many bodies are around there," said local police Chief Col. Genot Hariyanto.

Navy rear commander Eddy Suyanto told el-Shinta radio station that the plane had crashed in a mountainous region in Polewali, west Sulawesi province.

Local mayor Ali Bahal told el-Shinta that at least 90 people on board were killed.

There was no word on the fate of the remaining 12 people on board the Boeing 737-400, which was on a domestic flight from Java island to Sulawesi when it disappeared late Monday