Indonesian passenger jet with 62 people on board goes missing after ‘falling 10,000ft’ following takeoff (photos)

 A Boeing 737 passenger jet with 62 people onboard has gone missing after plummeting 10,000 feet following takeoff from Jakarta.

 

The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta international airport on Saturday at 1.56 pm for a 90-minute flight over the Java Sea between Jakarta and Pontianak in West Kalimantan – Indonesia’s section of Borneo island, Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said.

 

 

As of 2.40 pm, the spokesperson said the Boeing B737-500 plane lost contact with the control tower.

 

She said: ‘A Sriwijaya (Air) plane from Jakarta to Pontianak (on Borneo island) with call sign SJY182 has lost contact.

 

‘It last made contact at 2:40 pm (0740 GMT).’