Authorities- No indications of survivors in Amazon jet crash

Sunday, October 1, 2006

BRASILIA, Brazil -- Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.

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