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AKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and pieces of the plane were retrieved. The Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew was headed on a domestic flight to Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Saturday before it disappeared from radar screens four minutes after take-off. Indonesia National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) chief Soerjanto Tjahjono said the locations of Flight SJ 182’s two black boxes had been identified. “Hopefully, we can retrieve them soon,” said...

A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 62 people is believed to have crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta. The Sriwijaya Air disappeared from radars four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. It is thought to have dropped more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in less than a minute, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.com. Witnesses said they had seen and heard at least one explosion.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said Flight SJ182 was delayed for an hour before it took off at 2:36 p.m. The Boeing 737-500 disappeared from radar four minutes later, after the pilot contacted air traffic control to ascend to an altitude of 29,000 feet (8,839 meters), he said. The airline said...

Sriwijaya Air flight route Jakarta-Pontianak reportedly lost contact. Regent of Kepulauan Seribu Junaedi said there was a plane crashed around Laki Island, Thousand Islands. Junaedi said he received the information around 2:30 p.m. Juanedi said the plane crashed and exploded. "Yes he said there was (the plane crashed) earlier at 14.30 WIB. Maybe there's a search right now. Infonya there (plane) that crashed, exploded on Laki Island," Junaedi told detikcom,Saturday (9/1/2021). Also read: Sriwijaya Air Plane Lost Contact on Lancang Island thousand Islands Junaedi explained that Laki Island is located around Lancang Island and Tidung Island. According to him, Laki...