(4 Jan 2007)
1. Exterior shot of Hotel Transit entrance
2. Relatives sitting around hotel entrance
3. Man sitting with travelling bag by him
4. Various of relatives sitting at hotel entrance
5. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Adri Mamoto, son of passenger on Adam Air flight:
"We decided to go home because our family in Manado is waiting for us. Even if we stay here it's still not clear what is happening at the moment. So our family in Manado is even more worried now."
6. Mother of one of the stewardesses onboard holding a framed photo of her daughter
7. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Kusmala Dewi, mother of stewardess on Adam Air flight:
"I will wait here even if she has passed away. I will accept it. It is God's will."
8. Exterior of Makassar airport
9. Various of families going into airport terminal
10. Wide of Adam Air counter at airport
STORYLINE
Some relatives of passengers onboard a missing jetliner which went down in Indonesia began leaving Makassar on Thursday for home.
The Adam Air plane disappeared after losing contact with the ground on Monday midway through its flight from Indonesia's main island of Java to Manado on Sulawesi Island.
The relatives had been placed at a hotel in Makassar by Adam Air while they waited for more detailed information about the fate of their loved ones.
Relatives waiting for the arrival of the flight in Manado had travelled to Makassar because it was the place nearest to where the plane was thought to have gone down, having lost contact with the ground.
"Even if we stay here it's still not clear what is happening at the moment. So our family in Manado is even more worried now," said one man.
The pilot of the jetliner missing with 102 people on board did not issue distress signals or report mechanical problems before disappearing, a top aviation official said on Thursday, contradicting earlier reports.
A fleet of aircraft took to the skies, ships scoured the sea and soldiers battled rugged jungle terrain for the third day on Thursday in the search for the plane, but by late afternoon had seen no sign of it.
A Singaporean Air force plane joined the massive air, land and sea search over Sulawesi Island, which got off to a bad start when authorities wrongly stated Tuesday that the plane's wreckage had been found and 12 people survived.
Aviation experts said it was not unheard of for planes to go missing for days, though a lengthy search would hold up inquiries into the accident's cause.
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