Sriwijaya Air Passenger Aircraft Loses Contact after Taking Off
Saturday, 09 January 2021 | 17:53 WIB
Sriwijaya Air Passenger Aircraft Loses Contact after Taking Off (wikimedia)
JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM - A passenger aircraft operated by Indonesian airline company Sriwijaya Air flying from Jakarta to Pontianak has reportedly lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday (01/09/2021). The last contact with the aircraft, flight number SJ182, was recorded at 14:40 Indonesian Western Time.
Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation Aditia Irawati has confirmed the report. The Ministry of Transportation is coordinating with the National SAR Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) regarding the incident.
8326 Members of the media gather as officials set up a monitor at a temporary crisis centre organised in the domestic terminal of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, after Sriwijaya Air plane flight SJ182 lost contact after taking off, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, January 9, 2021. Reuters
Jakarta, January 9
A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known.
The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2.30 pm (0730 GMT) -30 minutes after the scheduled time because of heavy rain.
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