Indonesian air force officers look over a chart during a search for a missing Boeing 737 carrying 102 people over the Makassar Strait in Indonesia Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007. In addition to aerial search, a US Navy oceanographic survey ship was trying to determine Wednesday if metal objects found off Sulawesi Island's western coast were the wreckage of a Boeing 737 that disappeared more than a week ago carrying 102 people. [AP]

Makassar - A fisherman found a piece of a jetliner missing for more than 10 days in northwestern Indonesia, the first hard evidence that the plane carrying 102 people crashed, a top search official said Thursday.

The piece of the Boeing 737's tail was recovered Wednesday from the Makassar Strait off Sulawesi Island, said Eddy Suyanto, the head of search and rescue operations.

Suyanto said the serial number on the tail piece matched the one given to the search and rescue teams by Boeing.

No survivors or bodies have been recovered, Suyanto said.