Search and rescue helicopters and volunteers struggling through thick forest and mountainous terrain spotted bodies but no survivors on the Indonesian mountainside where a Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed by the time darkness forced an end to the search Thursday night. Correction...

... Friday. The search team used ropes to climb up to the wreckage through jungle on the nearly vertical slopes of Mount Salak, search and rescue agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said by telephone. Thick fog and the jagged mountain's slopes are still keeping helicopters from landing, so the bodies remain at the crash site, Daryatmo said. He added that the soldiers, police and volunteers on the rescue team were cutting down trees to fashion a landing area for helicopters. The jetliner slammed into the dormant...

... coming into the crowd on the southern embankment. There appears to be a riot police helmet in the river. Every once in a while, a group of 100 or 200 people run in a group, apparently away from riot police, and shout 'Shame!' and 'Fascists!' There is a helicopter over the embankment opposite Bolotnaya Ploshchad and has been there for at least half an hour in the same spot.” She said the square and the surrounding areas that are visible to her are all still filled with people. 6:54 p.m., NTV Journalists...

... West Java Disaster Management Agency Udjwalprana Sigit, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported. There was conflicting information about the missing plane, but efforts were being concentrated around Mount Salak, he added. While the search, including a helicopter, was hampered earlier in the day by the weather, Indonesian authorities said they would deploy up to five helicopters on Thursday morning. Passengers on the plane included eight Russians, two Italians, one Frenchman, one American and 38 Indonesians...

... region on Friday. A former construction engineer, Shoigu established the Emergency Situations Ministry. In 1991 at a run-down base used by the Soviet-era civil defense forces. "Cars didn't have radiators and among the aircraft given to us only one helicopter was able to fly — and it flew only once," Shoigu said in a recent interview with Vedomosti. Since that time, the ministry has grown into a powerful military-like structure with an annual budget of 180 billion rubles ($6 billion)...

... hills. Still, visitors keep flowing into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. "Twenty years ago there were three tour firms here. Now there are more than 100," said Tamara Tatushkina, the region's former top tourism official. A range of agencies offer helicopter flights to the world-famous Valley of the Geysers. Adventurous winter athletes also board Kamchatka's helicopters for a chance to heliski, descending as many as eight different peaks in a single day. Major Businesses Akros (43 Shturmana Yelagina...

... 1997; doctoral program at the Moscow Aviation Institute, 2002; studied law at the Presidential Academy of Public Administration, 2006 1998-2000: Deputy general director of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant 2000-2001: Commercial director of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant 2001-2003: Deputy chairman of the State Investment Corporation (Gosincor) 2003-September 2007: General directer of Oboronprom, a state-controlled industrial-investment group in the engineering and high technologies sectors September 2007:...

... blitz of its upcoming June military equipment auction. The ads will appear across television, radio, print and online platforms, RIA-Novosti reported. The ministry has not announced what it will sell at the auction, but previous auctions have featured helicopters, armored vehicles and land. Meanwhile, advertising geared to weaker sorts — perhaps not yet ready to commit to buying an armored vehicle — may be on its way out. Two Duma deputies are proposing to ban ads for medical drugs. Liberal...

... Rys armored vehicles, anti-aircraft rockets, artillery pieces and Iskander-M and Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launchers. All the machines were fitted with special tracks to minimize damage to Moscow's roads and the stones of Red Square. Helicopters carrying huge flags took part in a flypast at the end of the ceremony, but, following a precedent set in 2011, there were no jets. Parades and demonstrations to mark 67 years since the end of World War II also took place in other major cities...

... through a planned 50-minute flight. The airliner was carrying 45 people, including eight Russians, 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 the victims’ remains to Jakarta, the capital, for identification since Saturday. At least 20 plastic containers with fragments of bodies have been recovered, though the exact number of victims recovered was not known...

... recorder of a new Superjet that crashed during a demonstration flight for potential buyers. It's not clear what caused the Sukhoi Superjet 100 to roar into Mount Salak at 800 kilometers per hour last week. All 45 people aboard are presumed dead, and helicopters have been ferrying the remains to Jakarta, the capital, for identification. Search teams say they spotted what is believed to be the combined voice-and-data recorder, also known as the black box, peeking from the wreckage at the bottom of...