A Sriwijaya Air plane lost contact shortly after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Saturday, according to government spokesman Adita Irawati. Flight tracking showed the flight path of flight SJ182 ending off the coast just north of Jakarta after losing altitude. The plane lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than a minute, reported flight tracker website FlightRadar24. Previously, the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Branch Communications Manager Haerul Anwar said that the Sriwijaya Air plane had lost contact around Lancang Island — part of the Thousand Islands chain. The plane that lost contact on Saturday is a much older model.

Source: Ethiopian News January 09, 2021 11:48 UTC