Updated Jan 09, 2021 · 09:09 pm A March 18, 2013, photo shows an Indonesian Sriwijaya air plane preparing for landing. | AFP
An Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board is suspected to have crashed after it went missing following its takeoff from capital Jakarta on Saturday, AFP reported. The plane was en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
At a news conference, Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya said that 62 people – 43 adults and 7 children – had been aboard, including 12 crew members. Earlier, an official had said that the plane was carrying 56 passengers and six crew members.
Bambang Suryo Aji of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas, told reporters that that the plane is believed to have crashed between the islands of Laki and Lancang, in the Thousand Islands chain, northwest of Jakarta, CNN reported.
Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe […]
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