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Lion Air plane crashes into sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta on Monday morning
ak_lionair_2910.jpg?itok=ONMNQuEv&timestFile photo of a Lion Air plane. A Lion Air flight JT-610 took off from the Jakarta airport at 6.20am local time and lost contact at 6.33am.PHOTO: AFP
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JAKARTA - The Indonesian authorities have mounted a search and rescue operation for a Lion Air plane which has crashed into sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta on Monday (Oct 29) morning.

The Lion Air flight JT-610 took off from the Jakarta airport at 6.20am local time and lost contact with air traffic controllers at 6.33am. The Boeing 737 was orginally scheduled to arrive at Pangkal Pinang at 7.20am.

“It has been confirmed that it has crashed,” Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for Indonesia's search and rescue agency, said when asked about the fate of the Lion Air plane.

A tugboat notified the Tanjung Priok sea port’s Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) that it had spotted a plane plunging into the waters on Monday morning, according to Jakarta-based Elshinta radio.

It is not clear how many passengers and crew were on board the plane.

The flight was operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 registration PK-LQP. The aircraft was delivered to Lion Air in August of this year. It is powered by two CFM LEAP-1B engines. https://t.co/Jv0z8vytv3 #JT610pic.twitter.com/yCkR2PbMUa

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 29, 2018

In December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people plunged into the Java Sea after taking off from Surabaya to Singapore.

 
 

This story is developing. 

 

 

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not a gd time for air travel again.  There was a period when there were daily crashes in a short span

 

RIP to those on board

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Is it just me? Why do I seem to be like always seeing news of Lion air crashes?   :huh:  [:/]

 

lion air has a spotty record. their last major crash was 2014 i think.

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Is it just me? Why do I seem to be like always seeing news of Lion air crashes? :huh:[:/]

It's not just lion air but more like indon air traffic. Many plane crashes or accidents.

 

The last major one is air asia iirc..

 

Details say 100 plus adults 1 kid and 2 babies... Hope all is alright..

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/lion-air-flight-crashed-into-sea-after-taking-off-jakarta-10873680

 

 

JAKARTA: A Lion Air flight with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java on Monday (Oct 29), shortly after taking off from Jakarta, officials said.

A spokesman for Indonesia's search and rescue agency said that flight JT610 lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, adding that a tugboat leaving the capital's port had seen the craft falling.

"It has been confirmed that it has crashed," the spokesman, Yusuf Latif, said by text message, when asked about the fate of the Lion Air plane, which air tracking service Flightradar 24 identified as a Boeing 737 MAX 8.

A total of 181 passengers – including two infants and one child – were on board the flight, the search and rescue agency said at a press conference. Two pilots and six crew members were also on board.


Debris thought to be from the plane, including aircraft seats, was found near an offshore refining facility, an official of state energy firm Pertamina said.

Wreckage had been found near where the Lion Air plane lost contact with air traffic officials on the ground, said Muhmmad Syaugi, the head of the search and rescue agency.

"We don't know yet whether there are any survivors," Syaugi told a news conference. "We hope, we pray, but we cannot confirm."

Flight JT610 took off around 6.20am (7.20am Singapore time) and was due to have landed in the capital of the Bangka-Belitung tin mining hub at 7.20am, the Flightradar24 website showed.

 

Preliminary flight tracking data shows the aircraft climbed to around 5,000ft before losing, and then regaining, height, before finally falling towards the sea.

It was last recorded at 3,650ft and its speed had risen to 345 knots, according to raw data captured by Flightradar24, which could not immediately be confirmed.

Its last recorded position was about 15km north of the Indonesian coastline, according to a Google Maps reference of the last coordinates reported by Flightradar24.

A search and rescue operation is under way. A telegram from the National Search and Rescue Agency to the air force has requested assistance with the search of a location at sea off Java, the Associated Press reported.


"We cannot give any comment at this moment," said Edward Sirait, chief executive of Lion Air Group. "We are trying to collect all the information and data."

The accident is the first to be reported that involves the widely-sold Boeing 737 MAX, an updated, more fuel-efficient version of the manufacturer's workhorse single-aisle jet. The first Boeing 737 MAX jets were introduced into service in 2017. 

Lion Air took delivery of the aircraft on Aug 13 this year, Indonesian officials said.

Indonesia relies heavily on air transport to connect its thousands of islands but has a poor aviation safety record and has suffered several fatal crashes in recent years.

A 12-year-old boy was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed eight people in mountainous eastern Indonesia in August.

In August 2015, a commercial passenger aircraft operated by Indonesian carrier Trigana crashed in Papua due to bad weather, killing all 54 people on board.

This story is developing. Refresh for updates.

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Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/lion-air-flight-crashed-into-sea-after-taking-off-jakarta-10873680

 

 

I think this is the offshore refining facility mentioned in the article.

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SilkAir is also using the same Boeing 737 Max 8...

 

https://www.ausbt.com.au/silkair-boeing-737-max-business-class

 

 

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/lion-air-flight-crashed-into-sea-after-taking-off-jakarta-10873680

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https://www.facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsia/videos/2302929483069351/

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