Indonesian airliner carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight
A passenger jet carrying 62 people has lost contact with air trafficcontrollers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight.Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokeswoman Adita Irawati said the Boeing737-500 operated by Sriwijaya Air took off from Jakarta at about 1.56pm andlost contact with the control tower at 2.40pm.
“The missing plane is currentlyunder investigation and under co-ordination with the National Search andRescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee,” Ms Irawatisaid in a statement.
A statement released by the airline said the plane was ona 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantanprovince on Borneo island.
There were 56 passengers and six crew members onboard.
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Search efforts for the 62 victims and remaining black box of the Sriwijaya Air plane that careered into the Java Sea have resumed on Thursday after being thwarted by tumultuous seas.