Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at 2:40 p.m. West Indonesian time on Saturday, according to the state-run Antara news agency.
It lost contact 11 nautical miles north of Soekarno – Hatta International Airport in Jakarta at an altitude of 11,000 feet, as it climbed to 13,000 feet, Antara reported.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Basarnas, has sent a ship to the Thousands Islands – a chain of islands north of the coast of Jakarta – to check the location where the plane is believed to have lost contact, Cahyono said.
The Ministry of Transport said it is investigating and collaborating with Basarnas and the National Transport Safety Committee.
The aircraft, registered PK CLC, is a Boeing 737-500.
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