Breaking news. This is cnn and we are following this breaking news out of indonesia. Authorities say lion air flight 610 has crashed into the sea off jakarta. The plane was carrying 189 people, including children. It vanished from radar just minutes after takeoff on the way to bangal, penon. They sent in boats, copters and rescuers to the site. They are working on the assumption the plane sank and taking equipment to find an under water locator beacon. Cnns will ripley joins us now live from hong kong with more on all of this. So, will what more are indonesian authorities revealing about this plane crash off indonesias coast just hours reporter as you said, rosemary, they are operating on the assumption this plane crashed into the wat and sunk, and sadly, the images we are seeing of plane debris, some passenger items coming to the surface of the java sea some 34 nautical miles from jakarta, it indicates indeed a horrible event took place, a crash. The plane disappeared from radar after
for flight global group which tracks flight and data analytics. live this hour from singapore. greg, thank you again for your time today. so, as w understand at this point, the pilot asked basically to return to the airport 20 minutes into flight. no emergency, though, ever declared. what do you draw from that? well, it s hard to say what happened. we won t really know until there is a thorough investigation. but certainly what happened happened fast. understanding was 13 minutes into the flight they wanted to come back to jakarta, but then nothing else was heard from. typically, the rule for airmen, you first ava yat, then you navigate, then you communicate. that probably was what they were trying to do. we ll wait to see the issues they were confronted with. that is high priority for the investigateers. aviate, navige, communicate. never heard it before.