JAKARTA: A Lion Air flight with 189 people on board crashed into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java, shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Monday morning (Oct 29), officials said.
A spokesman for Indonesia's search and rescue agency said that flight JT610 lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, while en route to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka, off the coast of Sumatra.
"It has been confirmed that it has crashed," the spokesman, Yusuf Latif, said by text message when asked about the fate of the plane, which air tracking service Flightradar 24 identified as a Boeing 737 MAX 8.
A tugboat leaving the capital's port had seen the craft falling, he added.
"The plane crashed into water about 30 to 40 metres deep," he told AFP. "We're still searching for the remains of the plane."
A total of 181 passengers – including two infants and one child – were on board the flight, the search and rescue agency said at a press conference. Two pilots and six crew members were also on board.
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A spokesman for Indonesia's search and rescue agency said that flight JT610 lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, while en route to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka, off the coast of Sumatra.
"It has been confirmed that it has crashed," the spokesman, Yusuf Latif, said by text message when asked about the fate of the plane, which air tracking service Flightradar 24 identified as a Boeing 737 MAX 8.
A tugboat leaving the capital's port had seen the craft falling, he added.
"The plane crashed into water about 30 to 40 metres deep," he told AFP. "We're still searching for the remains of the plane."
A total of 181 passengers – including two infants and one child – were on board the flight, the search and rescue agency said at a press conference. Two pilots and six crew members were also on board.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...karta-10873680
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