A Boeing 737-500 belonging to the Indonesia-based airline that went missing on January 9 shortly after take-off lost up to 10,000 feet in altitude within a minute, reports said. The aircraft had around 50 people on board.
The highest altitude the aircraft hit was 10,900 feet, while the last altitude it recorded was 250 feet.
The Sriwijaya Air plane that took off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia with 63 passengers and crew, was headed to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, local media reported. Flight SJ182 began to lose altitude around four minutes after take-off.
The signal from the flight was lost at 07:40:27 Coordinated Universal Time.
Reports said that small wreckage from the location where Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 (PK-CLC) Boeing 737-500 was reported missing has been found near Thousand Islands, Indonesia
The plane was operated by a Boeing 737-500 “classic” with registration number PK-CLC (MSN 27323).
