A Sriwijaya Air plane flying from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII), Indonesia to Pontianak Airport (PNK/WIOO), Indonesia with 62 SOB lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta yesterday afternoon and crashed into the ocean killing all on board. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency confirmed that the country's aviation authorities had lost contact with Sriwijaya Air Flight 182. Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta on runway 25R at about 2.36pm and lost contact with the control centre 4 minutes later at 2.40pm, local time. A spokesman for the search and rescue agency, Yusuf Latif, said it had not been confirmed how many people were on board, although the flight manifest listed 46 passengers, 7 children, 3 babies and 6 flight crew.
Latif said search and rescue teams were on their way to search for the plane at Thousand Islands in the Java sea. There were early reports of suspected debris off Jakarta. FlightRadar24 show the plane lost more than 3000 metres (10,000 feet) in altitude in less than one minute, about four minutes after departure from Jakarta. A plane flying from Jakarta to Pontianak would spend most of the flight over the Java Sea.
Sriwijaya Air was founded in early 2003 and commenced operations on the 10th of November 2003. Sriwijaya Air is based in Jakarta with its headquarters located at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport M1 Area in Tangerang. Sriwijaya Air is the country's third largest carrier, operating a fleet of narrow-body aircraft, and offers flights to various Indonesian destinations and a few international destinations. The airline is listed as a Category 1 airline by Indonesia's Civil Aviation Authority, the highest status that can be achieved for operational safety. It carries more than one million passengers each month to mainly Indonesian destinations, but also offers international flights across Asia, including to China, Malaysia and Singapore.
Aircraft Information.
Sriwijaya Air was founded in early 2003 and commenced operations on the 10th of November 2003. Sriwijaya Air is based in Jakarta with its headquarters located at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport M1 Area in Tangerang. Sriwijaya Air is the country's third largest carrier, operating a fleet of narrow-body aircraft, and offers flights to various Indonesian destinations and a few international destinations. The airline is listed as a Category 1 airline by Indonesia's Civil Aviation Authority, the highest status that can be achieved for operational safety. It carries more than one million passengers each month to mainly Indonesian destinations, but also offers international flights across Asia, including to China, Malaysia and Singapore.
As of January 2021, the Sriwijaya Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In Service | On Order | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-500 | 5 | — | 8 | 112 | 120 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 11 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 2 | — | — | 220 | 220 | |
| Total | 18 | |||||
Aircraft Information.
Airline: Sriwijaya Air
Code: SJ/SJY
Aircraft: Boeing 737-524
Registration: PK-CLC
Serial Number: 27323 / 2616
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-3C1
Age: 26.7 Yrs
First Flew: 13/05/1994
Other Registrations: N26710
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND TO THE STAFF AT SRIWIJAYA AIR
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