Flight tracking data showed the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport
Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air plane loses contact after taking off from Jakarta
Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with a plane that left Jakarta on Saturday, according to Indonesia’s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono.
Sriwijaya Air flight
SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at 2:40 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (2:40 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to state-run Antara news agency.
The missing Indonesia plane was carrying 50 passengers 43 adults and 7 children as well as 12 crew members, Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Basarnas, is now conducting a search operation, he added.
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.
The Straits Times
B-737 carrying 12 crew, 50 passengers goes missing 4 minutes after take-off from Jakarta
Relatives of passengers on Sriwijaya Air s Flight SJ182 at the crisis centre in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport following news that the plane had gone missing.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedJan 10, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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Sriwijaya Air flight with 62 fliers goes missing; suspected debris found
According to the flight tracking data, the aircraft appeared to have taken a steep dive just four minutes after it had taken off. Rescuers have stated that they found suspected debris in a water body north of Jarkarta
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The flight which had 62 passengers on aboard
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 is feared to have crashed into the seas after the Boeing 737 lost contact with the Jakarta Airport in Indonesia. The flight which had 62 passengers on aboard when radio silent shortly after it had taken off from the airport on Saturday,