Indonesia: contact lost with an Indonesian company Boeing 737 shortly after takeoff
A Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 (illustrative image).
Adek BERRY AFP / File
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Contact was lost with a plane that took off this Saturday, January 9 from Jakarta airport in Indonesia.
The Sriwijaya Air aircraft was on an internal link.
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A Sriwijaya Air plane connecting Jakarta to Pontianak
" on the island of Borneo "
lost contact
" shortly after 2.30pm local time (7.40am UT), Transport Ministry spokesman Adita Irawati told AFP.
The number of passengers and crew on board is not yet known.
According to Reuters, debris was found north of the Indonesian capital.
According to the air traffic monitoring site
Flightradar24
, which specializes in analyzing aerial data, four minutes after leaving Jakarta the plane "
lost more than 10,000 feet in altitude in less than a minute
".
The low-cost company said it was investigating and rescuing.
Radar image (flightradar24.com) showing the route of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 after take off from Jakarta.
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