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A LION Air jet has crashed in Indonesia while flying from Jakarta to Pangkalpinang, according to the nation’s rescue agency.
Indonesia’s Lion Air has confirmed it has lost contact with a pbadenger airplane flying from Jakarta to domestic destination. There are unconfirmed reports a tugboat crew in Karawang have reported seeing “debris of a plane” in the water, the Jakarta Post reports.
The Indonesian authorities have mounted a search and rescue operation for a missing Lion Air plane, which lost contact with air traffic controllers at 6.33am.
The Lion Air flight JT-610 took off from the Jakarta airport at 6.20am local time and lost contact at 6.33am. The Boeing 737 was orginally scheduled to arrive at Pangkal Pinang at 7.20am.
The plane involved was a Boeing Co 737 Max-8 model. It wasn’t clear how many pbadengers and crew were on board.
Indonesia’s state air navigation operator AirNav has alerted search and rescue authorities, spokesman Yohannes Harry Douglas said in a text message.
The last major accident in Indonesia was in December 2014 when AirAsia Indonesia’s Airbus A320 aircraft crashed into the waters after taking off from Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board.
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