Relatives of passengers of Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed in Java Sea this morning, arriving at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo by Willy Kurniawan/REUTERS
A passenger plane flying from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang went missing shortly after take-off on Monday morning local time, October 29. It departed Jakarta around 6am local time and lost contact soon after at 6:50.The Boeing-737 plane was scheduled to arrive in the island of Sumatra at 7:20 am and was carrying 181 passengers, including a child and two babies, according to Soerjanto Tjahjono, the Head of the National Transportation Safety Committee. Five crew members and two pilots were also on board.
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During a press conference at 10:00 AM local time, the search team said it found some debris they believe is from the crash. Read more about it here.Below are some photos and videos on social media from the crash. They were posted by Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of Public Relations of the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management.
Search and rescue teams are recovering debris and bodies of victims in Tanjung Priok. Photo by Ananda Badudu
Photo by Ananda Badudu
Photo by Ananda Badudu
Workers of PT Pertamina examine recovered debris of what is believed from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610, onboard Prabu ship owned by PT Pertamina, off the shore of Karawang regency. Antara Foto/PT Pertamina/Handout via REUTERS
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