Tragedy in Indonesia: Boeing 737 crashes into the sea

The Boeing 737 carried 62 people: it started from Jakarta and crashed at 10,000 meters in height in the Java Sea.

Tragedy in Indonesia where a Boeing 737, Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 crashed into the Java Sea after taking off shortly before from Jakarta.According to local media reports, 62 people were travelling on board, including 2 pilots, 4 crew members and 56 passengers, including 3 infants and 7 children.

We are currently not aware of any casualties.

This is what we know about Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 based on ADS-B data.

Route: Jakarta to Pontianak
Callsign: SJY182
Aircraft: Boeing 737-500, PK-CLC
Take off: 07:36 UTC
Highest altitude: 10,900 feet
Last altitude: 250 feet
Signal lost: 07:40 UTChttps://t.co/fNZqlIR2dz pic.twitter.com/CPzFJdsuJZ

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 9, 2021

Indonesia, Boeing 737 crashes into the sea

Disastrous accident for Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182, crashed into the sea after taking off from Jakarta. According to the latest reports nothing more would be known about the plane from 14.40 (local time), just when the plane from the 10,900 initial feet would start to lose altitude falling for 7,650 feet.

#SriwijayaAir flight lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, four minutes after it took off from the SoekarnoHatta International Airport in #jakarta pic.twitter.com/Mny91BQhow

— Rao Haseeb Ahmed (@raohaseebahmed1) January 9, 2021