Sriwijaya Air airplane loses contact shortly after takeoff, rescue ops began

New Delhi: A Sriwijaya Air airplane misplaced contact shortly after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Saturday, DW reported citing native media. Flight monitoring confirmed the flight path of flight SJ182 ending off the coast simply north of Jakarta after dropping altitude.
The airplane was a Boeing 737-500, reported Indonesian information outlet Sindonews. The flight was carrying 59 passengers, together with six kids, reported Indonesian newspaper Republika.

A Sriwijaya Air airplane misplaced contact after taking off from Indonesia’s Jakarta en path to Pontianak, West Kalimantan province. Sriwijaya Air mentioned in a press release, it’s nonetheless gathering extra detailed data relating to the flight earlier than it will possibly make any assertion: Reuters
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The airplane took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport. It was heading to Pontianak, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan. The airplane misplaced greater than 10,000 toes of altitude in lower than a minute, reported flight tracker web site FlightRadar24.

We’re receiving movies and pictures transferred by the the rescue crew #SJ182 https://t.co/gjxIxEX22N pic.twitter.com/Z25P4dfZOt
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