Sriwijaya Air’s SJY 182 flight from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at 2:40 pm Western Indonesian time on Saturday, according to state news agency Antara.
He lost contact 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta’s Soekarno – Hatta International Airport at an altitude of 11,000 feet while rising to 13,000 feet, Antara reported.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Basarnas, sent a ship to the Thousands Islands – a chain of islands off the coast of Jakarta – to check where the plane is suspected of losing contact, Cahyono said.
The Transport Ministry said it is investigating and coordinating with Basarnas and the National Committee for Transport Safety.
The plane, registered as PK CLC, is a Boeing 737-500.
This is a developing story … more to come