Jakarta, Oct 29: Indonesia’s Lion air passenger flight from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang has crashed in to the sea.
As per initial reports the plane lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff.
“It has been confirmed that it has crashed”, Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for the Indonesian rescue agency said.
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 tweeted about the missing plane saying, “We’re following reports that contact has been lost with Lion Air flight #JT610 shortly after takeoff from Jakarta.”
Local media reports said that preliminary flight data shows a drop in the plane’s altitude and increase in speed before the transmission was cut. The plane appears to have plunged into the sea just off the coast of Indonesia, the data provided by the service shows. It was reportedly at an altitude of 3,650 feet (about 1,112m) when the signal was lost. A search and rescue has been launched.
Lion Air has made no official statement so far. Flight JT610 is operated by a Boeing-737 Max 8, capable of seating up to 210 passengers.
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