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Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) – Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air airline lost contact with a plane taking off from Jakarta on Saturday, according to the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono.
Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact on Saturday at 2:40 p.m. EDT (2:40 a.m. Miami), according to the state-run Antara news agency.
In a statement, Sriwijaya Air said they were “in contact with various related parties to obtain more detailed information” about the incident and that they will “immediately issue an official statement” when there is more clear information.
Flight SJY 182 lost contact 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at an altitude of 11,000 feet while climbing to 13,000 feet, Antara reported.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas sent a ship to the Thousands Islands, an archipelago north off the coast of Jakarta, to verify the location where the plane is suspected of losing contact, Cahyono said.
The Transport Ministry said it is investigating and coordinating with Basarnas and the National Transport Safety Committee.
The aircraft, registered with the registration PK CLC, is a Boeing 737-500.
A Boeing spokesman told CNN in a statement that they are “aware of media reports from Jakarta and are closely monitoring the situation.”
“We are working to collect more information,” they said.
News in development
Jamaluddin Masrur reported from Jakarta. Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.
