The Sukhoi Superjet-100 had 45 people aboard when it crashed into Mount Salak on Wednesday during a flight intended to woo potential Indonesian airline buyers. All aboard are presumed dead and helicopters have been ferrying remains to Jakarta, the capital, for identification since Saturday.
Top civil aviation official Herry Bakti Gumay says Indonesian and Russian investigators were searching for the black box Sunday in a ravine near where the plane’s scattered wreckage was found on the slopes of the long-dormant volcano 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Jakarta.
The Superjet is Russia’s first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago.
Wednesday’s ill-fated flight was a demonstration for Indonesian fast-expanding domestic airlines that the manufacturer hoped would buy the jet.
