Indonesian plane SJ182 loses contact after taking off from Jakarta, officials fear crash
Pakistan, Jan. 9 -- Indonesian airline plane carrying more than 50 passengers - 43 adults and 7 children - and 12 crew members, lost contact shortly after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday. The plane dropped off the radar somewhere above the Java Sea.
According to a reliable flight tracking service FlightRadar24, Sriwijaya Air SJ182 en route to Pontianak on the island of Borneo, "lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta".
Local government officials fear that the 27-year-old Boeing 737-500 aircraft crashed into waters north of Jakarta, as fishermen found what appeared to be the debris of an aircraft. Indonesian media shared pictures of suspected wrec...
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