All 18 in Indonesia plane crash dead: Rescuers

All 18 people on board a plane that crashed in a remote area of Indonesia8217;s Sumatra island were found dead today,rescue officials said.

8220;Two teams were lowered to the crash site and they have confirmed that all 18 people on the plane have died,8221; national search and rescue agency operations head Sunarbowo Sandi said on live television.

Hopes of finding survivors from Thursday8217;s crash had been raised when the mother of one of the passengers said her daughter had phoned her and a door on the aircraft was seen to have been opened after the plane came down.