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BOEING 737 PASSENGER PLANE GOES MISSING AFTER TAKE-OFF IN INDONESIA

A Boeing 737 passenger plane with 62 souls on board has gone missing in Indonesia.


The plane with registration number PK-CLC (MSN 27323) was en route Pontianak. It took off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta at 07:36 UTC time on Saturday but lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, according to Flight Radar. 


"Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 lost more than 10.000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta," Flightradar24 tweeted Saturday morning.



Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 lost more than 10.000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta.https://t.co/fNZqlIR2dz pic.twitter.com/MAVfbj73YN
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 9, 2021

The Ministry of Transportation office in Jakarta has released a statement saying the missing plane is currently under investigation and under coordination with the National Search and Rescue Agency and the National Transportation Safety Committee.

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