Weather continue to hamper search efforts but local media is now reporting that the main wreckage has been found, very late afternoon Monday, Central Indonesian Time.
However since it's now nighttime, National SAR will not make a formal identification until tomorrow morning local time. No survivors can be expected at this time.
Surprisingly, the Minister of Transportation, Ignasius Jonan, said that the aircraft might have violated air law by deviating from the flight plan to "take a shortcut", and that he might pull Aviastar's operating license as a result.
He later clarified that such speculation came from Aviastar management.
Very unprofessional conduct all around. I did notice similar brash statements from the minister relating to the AirAsia QZ8501 accident.
DetikNews claims to have the first picture of the wreckage:
Ini Foto Pertama Puing Pesawat Aviastar di Pegunungan Latimojong
