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Bloomberg could not reach the airline for comment. The last contact with flight control was recorded one hour after take-off. A search and rescue operation for the aircraft has been announced, according to representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Transport.
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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