Plane with 62 people on board crashes in Indonesia

In Indonesia, a passenger Boeing 737 of the local airline Sriwijaya Air, flying from Jakarta, allegedly crashed. in the sea were found Wreckage and clothing . According to local news portals, the plane crashed into the sea immediately after takeoff.

Information about the plane crash was received at approximately 14:30 local time (10:30 Moscow time), representatives of the Indonesian authorities said. Now there is a search operation.

The Boeing 737-500 operated a domestic flight en route from Jakarta to Pontianak. according to Flightradar24 The plane lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than a minute, . Communication with ground services was cut off when the plane was flying over water. There were believed to be 62 people on board.

According to CNN Indonesia, rescuers on an island north of Jakarta found aluminum wreckage, traces of a fuel spill and clothing in the sea. Local residents heard two explosions at the moment when communication with the plane was lost.

There is no information about the possible presence of Russians on board the liner yet, was told at the Russian embassy in Jakarta. RIA Novosti