188 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into the sea off Jakarta, some minutes after take-off, on Monday morning
Reports from air tracking service Flightradar 24, said the flight JT610 operated by Lion Air, lost contact with the ground 13 minutes after take-off. The jet was a Boeing 737 MAX 8, which can carry up to 200 passengers,.
Yusuf Latif, a spokesperson for the country’s search and rescue agency while speaking on the incident said; “It has been confirmed that it has crashed.’ A search and rescue effort has been launched for the plane which departed Jakarta about 6.20 a.m. on Monday and was scheduled to land at Pangkal Pinang at 7.20 a.m. Reports received at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta indicated the remains of the plane had been spotted.