A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta at about 1:56 pm and lost contact with the control tower at 2:40 pm. The missing plane is currently under investigation and under coordination with the National Search and Rescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee, Irawati said in a statement. A statement released by the airline said the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia s Borneo island. There were 56 passengers and six crew members onboard.
There are fears for the passengers and crew aboard a domestic flight in Indonesia after officials lost contact. According to FlightRadar 24, Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 from Jakarta to Pontianak on the island of Borneo departed from the Indonesian capital’s airport at 2.37pm local time (7.37am GMT). The 452-mile flight is scheduled to take 95 minutes. The Boeing 737-500 flew a short distance north of the airport and above the Java Sea before.
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