Adam Air plane still missing: Oregon mother holds out hope
There has been no further news of the missing Adam Air plane, that dissappeared on its way from Surabaya, to Manado in Sulawesi. Authorities are concentrating on the ocean areas the plane might have flown over, as well as parts of southern Sulawesi island. The mother of the 3 missing people from Oregon, is holding out for some good news.
Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Mother holds out hope for missing family after Indonesia flight vanished
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP): The mother of two students who were traveling with their father on a jetliner when it disappeared over Indonesia said she is holding out hope for them.
“There are times that I’m extraordinarily competent in all this and times when I break down,” Felice Jackson DuBois told The Oregonian newspaper. “It’s one confident foot forward and thenone emotional foot forward. We’re doing as best we can.”
Stephanie Jackson, 21, and Lindsey Jackson, 18, were visiting their father, Scott Jackson, 54, Felice’s former husband, who lives part time in Indonesia. The three were on an Adam Air flight Monday from Indonesia’s main island of Java to anotherisland when the plane vanished with 102 people aboard.
A search for the plane’s wreckage continued Thursday, with an aviation official saying the missing Boeing 737 reported high winds before losing contact.
“The plane did not report any complaints about the navigation, the condition of the plane or other technical problems,” said Iksan Tatang, the director general of air transportation, He said two signals from the plane’s emergency beacon – which is activated on impact – were picked up by a plane in the vicinity and by a satellite. That appeared to contradict earlier reports from officials that the pilot sent out two distress signals before the plane went down.
Earlier this week, officials wrongly reported finding the Boeing 737’s wreckage and a dozen survivors, causing anguish among the passengers’ families.
DuBois she planned to fly with her two sons to Surabaya in eastern Java to track the search, but she scrapped the plans on advice of the U.S. embassy.