Search and rescue officials have found human remains, wreckage, and black boxes from an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean yesterday.
Multiple outlets are reporting the disaster response coordinator Rasman MS says crews have handed over five body bags with victims of the Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crash to investigators in Jakarta.
The black boxes, a Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder, will help divers with the Indonesian Navy locate more pieces of the jet.
Budi Karya Sumadi, the Indonesian Transportation Minister, confirmed on Saturday that the flight was delayed for an hour before it took off. He added the Boeing 737-500 disappeared from radar four minutes later, after the pilot contacted air traffic control to ascend to an altitude of 29,000 feet.
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Updated January 9, 2021
This file photo taken over Tangerang on March 18, 2013 shows a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-300 aircraft, a similar model to the Indonesian airline’s Boeing 737-500 operating as flight SJY182 that lost contact during a flight from Jakarta to Pontianak on January 9, 2021. Adek BERRY / AFP
An Indonesian budget airline plane with 62 people on board is suspected to have crashed into the sea shortly after the Boeing 737 took off from Jakarta airport on Saturday, authorities said.
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.
JAKARTA: An Indonesian budget airline jet suspected to have crashed into the sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta had 62 passengers and crew on board, including 10 children, the country’s transport minister said on Saturday evening.
INDONESIA: An Indonesian budget airline jet suspected to have crashed into the sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta had 62 passengers and crew on board, including 10 children, the transport mi
A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known.
The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2.30 p.m. (0730 GMT) - 30 minutes after the scheduled time because of heavy rain. Live flight tracking data showed the jet plunged into a steep dive just four minutes after take-off.
The Indonesian Navy as determined the coordinates of the plane and ships were deployed to the location, Navy official Abdul Rasyid said. The coordinates have been found and have been given to all Navy vessels in the area, he told reporters.