“We are aware of media reports from Jakarta regarding Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182,” Boeing said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with the crew, passengers, and their families. We are in contact with our airline customer and stand ready to support them during this difficult time.”
The jetliner lost more than 10,000 feet in altitude in one minute, four minutes after departure, according to the flight tracking service FlightRadar24.com. The plane s last known altitude was 250 feet; its highest altitude was 10,900 feet, the service reported.
A plane flying from Jakarta to Pontianak would spend most of the flight over the Java Sea.
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Budi Karya Sumadi confirmed flight SJY-182 crashed near Male Island, as reported by local news outlet Detik.
The Boeing 737-500 had plunged 10,000 feet in less than a minute as it flew over the Java Sea, minutes after take-off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, according to tracking website Flight24, which followed its flight path to just off the coast north of the capital.
The plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia s Borneo island and lost contact at 2.40 p.m local time on Saturday.
A Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said.
Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 Aircraft from Jakarta to Pontianak Crashed in the Kepulauan Seribu
The report circulated among the WhatsApp group which stated that the Sriwijaya plane with flight number SJ182 lost contact while flying from Soekarno.
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TRIBUNBATAM.id - The Sriwijaya Air plane reportedly lost contact, Saturday (9/1/2021).
The report circulated among the WhatsApp group which stated that the Sriwijaya plane with flight number SJ182 lost contact while flying from Soekarno Hatta Airport to Pontianak Soepadio Airport, on Saturday (9/1/2021), afternoon.
The Boeing 737-500 aircraft with PK-CLC registration lost contact at around 14:40 WIB.
The aircraft could not be reached as it ascended from an altitude of 11,000 feet towards 13,000 around the Kepulauan Seribu.
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A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 passengers is believed to have crashed shortly after taking flight, Indonesia s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono, reported to CNN.
Sriwijaya Air flight 182 was flying from Jakarta to Indonesian Borneo when it lost contact around 2:40 a.m. ET on Saturday. The plane was carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members, all of whom were Indonesian nationals. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi told the media that officials believe the plane crashed between the islands of Laki and Lancang in the Thousand Islands chain northwest of Jakarta. Sumadi also confirmed that a dozen vessels including four Indonesian Navy warships were deployed as part of a search-and-rescue mission for the plane.