Accidents
Sriwijaya Air 737 Crashes into Java Sea with 62 Aboard
Jakarta ATC lost contact with a Boeing 737-500 carrying 62 people four minutes after takeoff on Saturday.
The Swirijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea on January 9 carried 62 people. (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons)
The Swirijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea on January 9 carried 62 people. (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons)

A Boeing 737-500 operated by Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta Saturday with 62 people on board. Flight SJ182 took off at 07:36 UTC on a flight to the Indonesian city of Pontianak on the island of Borneo. Air traffic control lost contact about four minutes later, after the 26-year-old airplane reached an altitude of 10,900 feet and descended to 250 feet in less than a minute, according to flight-tracking service FlightRadar24.