Photos: Lion Air plane crashes minutes after take-off from Jakarta, 189 onboard
Indonesia’s disaster agency says a Lion Air passenger jet crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta and was carrying 188 passengers and crew. Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the aircraft, on a 1 hour and 10 minute flight to Pangkal Pinang on an island chain off Sumatra, was carrying 189 passengers, including one child and two babies, and eight crew members.. Wreckage had been found near where the plane lost contact with air traffic officials on the ground, but there has been no news of survivors so far.
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A Lion Air passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. A Lion Air flight with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Java on Monday, shortly after take off from the capital on its way to the country’s tin-mining hub, officials said. (Trisnadi / AP File)
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In this photo released by Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) rescuers inspect oil slick debris believed to be from Lion Air jet that crashed off West Java. A spokesman for Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said the Lion Air flight, JT610, lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, adding that a tug boat leaving the capital’s port had seen the craft falling. (BNPB via AP)
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Lion Air official check the passenger list of Lion Air flight JT610, at Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang. Flight JT610 took off around 6.20 a.m. and was due to have landed in the capital of the Bangka-Belitung tin mining region at 7.20 a.m., the Flightradar 24 website showed. (Elza Elvia / Antara Foto via REUTERS)
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Relatives of passengers on board Lion Air flight JT610, arrive at crisis center at Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta. “We cannot give any comment at this moment,” Edward Sirait, chief executive of Lion Air Group, told Reuters, adding that a news conference was planned for later on Monday. “We are trying to collect all the information and data.” (Willy Kurniawan / REUTERS)
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