Can't confirm number of crash survivors: Indonesian official

Indonesia's head of aviation said Tuesday he can't confirm how many people survived a jetliner crash that killed at least 90 people.

National aviation chief Ichsan Tatang told the Associated Press that he couldn't confirm earlier reports that 12 people survived Monday's crash into the mountainous region of Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

An unidentified relative of a passenger of a missing plane weeps as she waits for news at the airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on Tuesday. An unidentified relative of a passenger of a missing plane weeps as she waits for news at the airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

(Hendra Pradana/Associated Press)

"I hope the people are alive, but so far there is no clear information about that," he said.

Rescue teams found the smouldering wreckage of the Boeing 737-400 jetliner early Tuesday. It had been carrying 102 people on a domestic flight from Java island to Sulawesi.