Indonesia passenger jet carrying 62 people goes missing on domestic flight
First Published: 9th January, 2021 20:29 IST
A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. Indonesian Transportation
A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said.
Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta at about 1:56 pm and lost contact with the control tower at 2:40 pm.
A statement released by the airline said the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia’s Borneo island. There were 56 passengers and six crew members on board.
Irawati said in a statement that a search and rescue operation was underway in coordination with the National Search and Rescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee.
A plane flying from Jakarta to Pontianak would spend most of the flight over the Java Sea. There was still no sign of the missing plane as night fell.
Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago nation, with more than 260 million people, has been plagued by transportation accidents on land, sea and air because of overcrowding on ferries, aging infrastructure and poorly enforced safety standards.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Sikkim Elections: Say goodbye to regional parties, BJP national president JP Nadda tells voters
11th April 2024Live Diljit Dosanjh comes up with Eid special song, offers prayers at mosque
11th April 2024Live Meghalaya: Saleng Sangma breaks into tears on recieving public support during poll campaign
11th April 2024Live Arunachal assembly polls 2024: BJP promises development and harmony in its manifesto
11th April 2024WE RECOMMEND
South Korean Opposition set for landslide victory in parliamentary elections
The Democrats held a total of 154 seats in the 300-seat unicameral legislature before the elections, more than the 114 held by the PPP.
11th April 2024“Bloodshed and suffering unbearable…doing everything we can”: British PM Sunak raises Gaza in Eid message
Sunak added that his country was doing everything it could to help bring the conflict to an end and ensure that the hostages were released
10th April 2024Nobel-winning physicist behind ‘God’ particle, Peter Higgs, passes away at 94
Peter Ware Higgs was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on May 29, 1929
10th April 2024Canada: Indian-origin man among two killed in shooting in Edmonton
The Indian-origin man has been identified as Buta Singh Gill, the owner of Edmonton-based Gill Built Homes.
09th April 2024Tesla electric vehicles entry into India will be “natural progression”, says Elon Musk
The billionaire CEO said in the future "all vehicles will go electric and it is just a matter of time."
09th April 2024