A Sriwijaya Air plane with more than 62 people on board lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday afternoon, AP reported. The plane, with 56 passengers and six crew members, was en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 passenger plane took off from Jakarta at about 1.56 pm and lost contact with the control tower at 2.40 pm. “The missing plane is currently under investigation and under coordination with the National Search and Rescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee,” Irawati said in a statement.
An official of the Basarnas search and rescue agency said they have found suspected debris in waters north of the city, but is yet to be confirmed if it came from the Sriwijaya Air plane, Reuters reported.
An investigator for the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee told The New York…