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.
The team began clearing dense vegetation near the wreckage site so a helicopter could land.
"There's little indication of survivors, but we won't rule out the possibility," Brazil Air Force Brig. Gen. Antonio Gomes Leite Filho said in a news conference Saturday evening. "We haven't fully explored the crash scene, it's a very complicated area."
Officials suspended the search after sundown Saturday, citing difficulties to …
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