Flygplan i Indonesien har kraschat 178 saknade: Lion Air Flight JT 610 (2018-10-29)

Boeing försvunnet utanför Jakarta
NYHETERmindre än 20 min sedan
Ett flygplan som skulle från Jakarta till Pangkal Pinang i Indonesien har kraschat.

Flygplanet var ett Boeing 737, uppger BNO News.
Det indonesiska flygplanet tillhörande bolaget Lion Air försvann på väg från Jakarta, uppger landets luftfartsmyndighet, enligt AFP.

Lion Airs vd säger till Reuters att bolaget försöker hitta mer information om vad som hänt, och kan inte ge någon mer kommentar för tillfället.

Indonesia Lion Air flight crashes en route from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang

(CNN)A Lion Air flight capable of carrying up to 189 passengers has crashed during a short flight from the Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang, according to Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency.

A spokesman for the low-cost carrier confirmed to CNN affiliate CNN Indonesia that it had lost contact with Lion Air flight JT 610 Monday morning, local time.
The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Greater Jakarta, and had been due to land at around 7:30 a.m. local time in Pangkal Pinan, the largest city on the Indonesian island of Bangka.
The flight was last recorded in the Thousand Islands regency, an archipelago north of Jakarta.

Search and rescue authorities told CNN they will hold a press conference shortly to provide more details on the plane crash.

A vessel traffic officer, Suyadi, told the Jakarta Post that at 6.45am he received a report from a tugboat that thad identified a downed plane.

“At 7:15am the tugboat reported it had approached the site and the crew saw the debris of a plane,” Suyadi told the Post. There were no reports about the passengers on board.

A tanker and cargo ship were approaching the site and a search and rescue vessel was also en route.

It was due to arrive at Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang an hour later but about 13 minutes into the flight, authorities lost contact with the plane.

The pilot had earlier asked to return to Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport, the head of Pangkal Pinang's search and rescue office, Danang Priandoko, told local news outlet Kompas.