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The High Risk of Travel in Indonesia

Our Correspondent
Jan 09, 2007
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The discovery on the sea bottom Monday off West Sulawesi of what is believed to be the wreckage of a Boeing 737-400 that crashed on New Year’s day dramatically points up Indonesia’s astonishingly bad air and sea transport safety record, especially since the turn of the century.

Owned by three-year old budget carrier Adam Air, flight KI 574 was flying at …

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