Officials were quoted as saying they lost contact with the
plane on Saturday not long after it headed for the city of Pontianak on the
island of Borneo.
Flight-tracking service, Flightradar24, reported that it
lost more than 10, 000 feet of altitude in less than 60 seconds, four minutes
after taking off.
The transport ministry said the last contact with the plane
was made at 2:40 pm local time, and efforts are ongoing to search for it.
A local carrier, Sriwijaya Air, said in a statement that not
much is known about the development yet.
The airline added that it was in contact with various
related parties to get more detailed information regarding the incident and
would release further details immediately they come.
CNN reports that Indonesia’s search and rescue agency has
sent a ship to some islands to the north of Jakarta’s coast to check the
location where the plane is suspected to have lost contact.
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