Hello and welcome. Indonesian search and rescue officers have begun recovering what is believed to be debris from a passenger plane which crashed into the sea off the coast of the capital jakarta. More than 10 navy ships with divers have been deployed to the site where the boeing 737 came down in the Thousand Islands region with 62 people on board. The plane, operated by the budget carrier sriwijaya air, fell more than 3,000 metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. It was flying to borneo, where family members are waiting for news of relatives on board. The planes operator says there were no known problems with the aircraft. Translation based on the information i have, the plane was in a Good Condition when it was flown from pontianak, pangkal pinang, and this was the second route, back to pontianak. There shouldnt have been any problems and the maintenance report was also fine. 0ur indonesian correspondent joins us now. Please bring us up joins us now. Plea
Indonesian search and rescue officers have begun recovering what is believed to be body parts and debris from a passenger plane which crashed into the sea off the coast of the capital jakarta. More than ten navy ships with divers have been deployed to the site where the boeing 737 came down in the Thousand Islands region with 62 people on board. The plane, operated by the budget carrier Sriwijaya Air, fell more than 3000 metres in less than a minute before disappearing from radar screens. It was flying to borneo where family members are waiting for news of relatives on board. The planes operator says there were no known problems with the aircraft. Translation based on the information i have, the plane was in a Good Condition when it was flown from pontianak to pangkal pinang, and this was the second route, back to pontianak. There shouldnt have been any problems and the maintenance report was also fine. Ive been speaking to Callistasia Wijaya from the bbc Indonesian Service whos injaka