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MAKASSAR - Efforts to locate an Indonesian airliner missing for more than a week with 102 people on board are now focused on a large metal object on the sea bed.
The object was discovered by Indonesian ships with sonar about 1000m under the ocean north of Mamuju in West Sulawesi province. It is not confirmed as the Adam Air Boeing 737-400, lost on January 1.
A US ship with sonar capability and four Indonesian Navy vessels, including a mini-submarine, will head to the scene.
- REUTERS
