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The company said the Boeing 737-500 had 62 people, 56 passengers and six crew members. The plane leaves around 1 pm 56 min. local (8 hr 59 min Lithuanian) took off from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak on the island of Borneo, and the connection with it disappeared around 2 pm 40 min. (9 am to 40 pm), said the Department of Transportation. This flight usually takes about 1.5 hours.
Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said later on Saturday that there were 50 passengers on the plane, including 10 children and 12 crew members. The Minister also clarified that among the children there were three minors.
The flight monitoring portal FlightRadar24 shows that the plane had taken off at an altitude of about 3,350 meters and landed abruptly at 76 meters and disappeared from radar screens.
„Sriwijaya Air“ reiso # SJ182 [lėktuvas] landed over 10,000 feet in less than a minute [apie 3 km], lost about four minutes after taking off from Jakarta, “FlightRadar24 said in an official Twitter account.
“We have sent our team, boats and speedboats, to a place where it is suspected [laineris] “Bambang’s senior official, Bambang Suryo Aji, told reporters.
The alleged disaster sites are located near tourist-favored islands off the coast of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta.
Kompas TV reported that a fisherman had found remains in the sea near the islands near Jakarta, but so far it has not been possible to confirm whether it is the remains of a missing plane.
On Saturday afternoon it was announced that the Sriwijaya Air plane that had taken off from Jakarta had disappeared. According to FlightRadar, the 26-year-old Boeing 737-500 missed flight from the Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak, according to FlightRadar. It is not yet known how many people were on the plane, Bloomberg reports.
Sky News reports that the airline is currently gathering all the necessary information. Representatives say Sriwijaya Air is in contact with related sources, trying to obtain as much data as possible.
FlightRadar24 announces on Twitter that the plane lost more than two miles in “just one minute” before losing contact.
“Lost connection to Sriwijaya aircraft with call sign SJY182, [išskridusiu] from Jakarta to Pontianak [Borneo saloje]”Said the Ministry spokeswoman, Adita Irawati.
The spokesperson added that the liner was last contacted at 2 pm 40 min. local time (9h 40 min Lithuanian).
It is not yet clear how many passengers and crew members were traveling on the Boeing 737-500 ocean liner, which has about 130 seats. The low-cost carrier said it was investigating the incident.
The flight from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak usually takes about 1.5 hours.
According to Irawati, the investigation was also initiated by the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Commission.
In October 2018, 189 people were killed when a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crashed into the Java Sea about 12 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on a normal one-hour flight.
After the accident and the subsequent accident of the same type of plane in Ethiopia, Boeing had to pay 2,500 million. fines for allegations that the company defrauded regulators who controlled the 737 MAX development program. The flights of these ocean liners were frozen around the world after two catastrophic catastrophes.
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