Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight, 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 metres), he said.
Iran plane crash: Canada still determined to ‘get to the bottom’ of what happened The airline said in a statement that the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia’s Borneo island.
There were 56 passengers and six crew members on board.Sumadi said a dozen vessels, including four warships, were deployed in a search and.