A Lion Air passenger jet with 189 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Monday morning.
Lion Air flight JT610 was en route to the western city of Pangkal Pinang when it lost contact with air traffic control 13 minutes after takeoff. The plane is believed to have crashed into the sea less than 30 km (18 miles) from Jakarta.
“It has been confirmed that it has crashed,” Yusuf Latif, …