Story last updated 11:04UTC, more details to follow.
Breaking – It has emerged that, earlier today, a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 lost radar contact shortly after departing the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 was a domestic flight from Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK) to Pontianak Supadio International Airport (PNK). It was operated by a 26-year old Boeing 737-500 registered PK-CLC.
Data from tracking website FlightRadar24.com suggests that it had reached almost 11,000 feet on its climb northwards over the Java Sea, before losing almost all of this height within a minute. Radar contact was lost at 07:40 UTC, when the aircraft was at an altitude of just 250 feet.
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