Indonesian Plane Crashes After Take-Off With 62 Aboard

Indonesian Plane Crashes After Take-Off With 62 Aboard
A member of the rescue team looking for an Indonesian plane that lost contact after taking off from the capital Jakarta holds suspected debris, at sea, Jan. 9, 2021. Instagram @humasjakrire/via Reuters
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JAKARTA—A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known.

The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2:30 p.m. (0730 GMT)—30 minutes after the scheduled time because of heavy rain.