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The plane, flight JT 610, left the capital, Jakarta, to travel to Pangkal Pinang, on the island of Bangka, loses contact with the ground stations after 13 minutes. It is thought that the planet has flooded the sea, where wrecks, including aircraft seats – belonging to the affected planet – have been found.
"We still do not know if there are any survivors, we hope, we pray, but we can not confirm," said Muhammad Syaugi, head of the country's rescue agency, during the meeting. 39, a press conference.
The plane was a Boeing 737 Max 8, according to the Flightradar Aviation Attorney 24. If this task is correct, it is a whole new plan. The planet should have been delivered in August.
Flight expert Gerry Soejatman told the BBC that the model had had some problems since its introduction.
Pangkal Pinang is a mining town of up to 200,000 people, located about halfway between Jakarta and Singapore. It does not attract large crowds of foreign tourists.
The CEO of Lion Air told Reuters that the company was trying to find more information about what had happened.
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