An intensive search for Sriwijaya Airlines' airliners, which were missing after carrying 62 people off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, began in earnest.
According to local media, an Indonesian naval ship carrying dozens of elite divers arrived at the estimated point of the crash of a passenger plane and prepared for a search around 1:20 am on the day.
As the day dawned, Indonesian authorities began an air search operation with 150 personnel in the air force along with a maritime operation.
Earlier, Indonesian airliner Sriwijaya Airlines flight SJ182 disappeared from the radar four minutes after taking off with 62 people at Soekarno-Hatta airport outside Jakarta.
Local fishermen are said to have found fragments of the plane's fuselage, jeans, and hair after hearing the roar.
Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency is taking over and investigating the first debris and oil products found by fishermen.
Sriwijaya Airlines is a low-cost airline with headquarters in Jakarta and operating 19 airliners.
"We are working hard to collect more information," said Boeing, a crash airline company.