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JAKARTA – The Indonesian authorities have mounted a flight of air jets on Jakarta on Monday (Oct 29) morning.
Lion Air flight JT-610 took off from 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.
"Mr Yusuf Latif, spokesperson for Indonesia's search and rescue agency, said when asked about the fate of the Air Lion plane.
A tugboat notified the Tanjung Priok sea port's Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) that it spotted a plane plunging into the water on Monday morning, according to Jakarta-based Elshinta radio.
It was not clear how many passengers and crew were on board the plane.
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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