Indonesia confirms crash of Sriwijaya airline plane in Java Sea

JAKARTA, Jan. 09 (YPA) – The Indonesian Minister of Transport confirmed that a passenger plane of Sriwijaya airline crashed in the Java Sea, after taking off from Jakarta airport on Saturday, on its way to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.

Local media reported that the plane was carrying at least 50 people, and it is a “Boeing 737-500” type.

Earlier, Indonesian media announced that the contact was lost with a Sriwijaya Airlines plane after taking off from the capital, Jakarta.

Sriwijaya Airlines said, in a statement, that it was still gathering more detailed information about the flight before making any statement.
It confirmed that search and rescue operations had begun after contact with the plane was lost.

“Flight Radar 24”, an aircraft tracking service, reported on Twitter that the ‘SG182’ flight descended more than 10,000 feet from the altitude it was flying in less than a minute, about four minutes after takeoff.

YPA