Relatives of passengers on board missing Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 wait for news at the Supadio airport in Pontianak on Indonesia s Borneo island on Saturday (Jan 9, 2021), after contact with the aircraft was lost shortly after take-off from Jakarta. - AFP Jakarta, Jan 9, 2021 (AFP/Xinhua/Reuters): An Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane is feared to have crashed into the sea after the Boeing 737 lost contact with air traffic control in the capital Jakarta, with flight tracking data showing the jet plunged into a steep dive just four minutes after take-off.
It was unclear how many passengers and crew but it is learnt that more than 50 passengers were aboard the Boeing 737-500, which has a capacity of about 130, when it left Jakarta s Soekarno-Hatta international airport Saturday afternoon.
Sriwijayan Air s SJ182 goes missing in Indonesia: What we know so far
Indonesian low-cost carrier Sriwijayan Air s SJ182 aircraft lost contact shortly after take-off from Jakarta on January 9. The plane was en-route to Pontianak in Indonesia. This is what we know so far.
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An Indonesian plane crashed with 62 onboard shortly after take-off from a Jakarta airport on January 9. The low-cost carrier Sriwijaya Air s SJ182 aircraft was en-route to Pontianak, the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan.
Here is what we know so far:
When did it last make contact?
The plane last made contact at 2:40 pm (0740 GMT), as per reports.