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.
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A Boeing passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta on a domestic flight Saturday, Reuters reported adding that debris suspected to be from the plane has been found in the sea off the city.
Agus Haryono, an official with the country’s search and rescue agency Basarnas, told Reuters that suspected debris had been found in the waters off the city, but it “had not been confirmed that it came from the missing flight.”
Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 went missing over the Java Sea minutes after takeoff.
JAKARTA A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and…