Contact lost with Russian-made plane in Indonesia May 9, 2012, 5:06 a.m. Air controllers lost contact Wednesday with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia, an official said. National search agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said the Sukhoi Superjet-100 was on a demonstration flight when it lost contact with authorities near Salak mountain in West Java province. He said a rescue team has been dispatched to the area. The aircraft took off from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at 2 p.m. local time and was scheduled to return 50 minutes later. The civilian plane, developed by the Russian aerospace company Sukhoi in co-operation with Western partners, made its maiden flight in 2008 and is now being demonstrated in the region. Russia has hoped that the short- to mid-range jet, the first completely new airliner designed by Russia since the Soviet collapse, will help it break into international markets dominated by Boeing and Airbus.