Sriwijaya Air Flight 182

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 was a  flight that was supposed to go from Jakarta to Pontianak, another city in Indonesia. On 9 January 2021, the flight crashed into the sea four minutes after leaving the airport. There were 62 people on the plane. Everyone on board was killed.

 Accident 
The flight was supposed to take off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport at 13:25 local time and arrive at Supadio International Airport on the island of Java in Pontianak at 15:00 local time. Pontianak is the capital of the province of West Kalimantan and is on the island of Borneo.

The flight took off at 14:36, much later than it was supposed to. Four minutes later, it lost radar contact with people at the airport. None of everyone aboard survived.

 Passengers 
There were 62 people on the plane. 50 of them were passengers while 12 of them were crew members.

 Search and rescue 
People who went to the area found parts of the plane, jet fuel, things that belonged to passengers, and body parts there.

References

Category:2021 disasters in Indonesia
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Asia
Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2021
Category:2020s in Java
Category:Jakarta
Category:January 2021 events