A passenger plane with more than 50 people on board has gone missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 lost contact en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, officials said. Flight tracking website Flightradar24.com said the aircraft had lost more than 3,000m (10,000ft) in altitude in less than a minute. Pictures of what seemed to be aircraft debris appeared on TV and social media. A number of residents of Lancang island, near where the plane disappeared, told the BBC Indonesian service they had found objects they thought were from the plane.

Source: The Star January 09, 2021 12:11 UTC