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Indonesian flight carrying 62 passengers and crew feared to be crashed into the sea. As per the reports, the Boeing 737 lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday, with flight tracking data showing the plane plunged into a steep dive several minutes after take-off.
Officials have said that the flight was carrying 62 people onboard, which included 56 passengers and six crew members. Among the passengers were five children and an infant.
The country’s transport minister on this day confirmed that the flight is indeed suspected to have crashed.
“62 passengers and crew aboard Indonesia plane suspected to have crashed,” news agency AFP quoted Indonesia’s transport minister as saying.
Reuters had earlier reported, citing sources in the Basarnas search and rescue agency, that the rescue officials detected the debris while looking for the Indonesian passenger plane that went off the radar.
Local media had also broadcast some unconfirmed images of small debris fished from the water, suggesting that the plane could have plummeted into the sea.
