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The jet's flight data recorder has been found and investigators say technical failure may be the cause of the crash.

The state-owned Garuda airline, which operated the Boeing 737-400, confirmed that 118 people had survived.

Australia has offered medical help to deal with the aftermath and a disaster victim identification team is on site.

The Canberra government has also released the names of five Australians who are missing.

Officials are still searching local hospitals, although hope of finding them alive is fading.

The missing were part of a delegation of officials and reporters covering a visit to Indonesia by the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, who was expected on the next flight.

Overnight Australia flew an emergency medical team to Indonesia, including Dr Fiona Wood, a burns expert who developed an artificial skin in the wake of the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005.

'Too fast'

Flight GA200 crash-landed at about 0700 local time (0000 GMT) on Wednesday, about 440km (270 miles) south-east of the capital, Jakarta.